Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum

Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Museum
Established	1986
Location	2 Water Street, Fall River, Massachusetts
Website	ocandfrrailroadmuseum.com

The Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum is a small railroad museum located in Fall River Massachusetts. The Old Colony and Fall River Railroad operated from 1854 to 1863, and later as part of the extensive Old Colony Railroad system.^[1] The museum is located directly across from the former Fall River Line Terminal, part of the Old Colony's "boat train" service between Boston and New York City.

The museum has a small collection of railroad equipment including a former Pennsylvania Railroad P-70B, a New Haven RDC, a former New York Central Caboose, and a New Haven Boxcar. location near Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.

References

↑ Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Feb 15, 1911, page 408

Coordinates: 41°42′15.3″N 71°9′45.7″W / 41.704250°N 71.162694°W / 41.704250; -71.162694

Fall River, Massachusetts

History	American Printing Company Battle of Freetown B.M.C. Durfee High School Bradford Durfee College of Technology Corky Row Historic District Downtown Fall River Historic District Fall River Branch Railroad Fall River Railroad (1846) Fall River Railroad (1874) Fall River Iron Works Fall River Line Great Fall River fire of 1928 Highlands Historic District (Fall River, Massachusetts) History of Fall River, Massachusetts Lower Highlands Historic District Historic Places Oak Grove Cemetery Pocasset Manufacturing Company Slade's Ferry Bridge The Skeleton in Armor Truesdale Hospital USS Fall River (CA-131)

Geography	Fall River granite Freetown-Fall River State Forest Mount Hope Bay Quequechan River Taunton River Watuppa Ponds

People	Mariano S. Bishop Lizzie Borden Nathaniel B. Borden Richard Borden Matthew Borden Charlie Buffinton James Buffington Robert Correia John W. Cummings Orin Fowler Chris Herren Emeril Lagasse List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros Joe Raposo Jerry Remy Melvin Zais

Places	Academy Building Al Mac's Diner-Restaurant Battleship Cove Bishop Connolly High School B.M.C. Durfee High School Braga Bridge Bristol Community College Copicut Woods Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Durfee Mills Fall River Government Center Fall River Heritage State Park Flint Mills Interstate 195 (Rhode Island-Massachusetts) King Philip Mills List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts Marine Museum at Fall River New Harbour Mall Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum Quequechan Club Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River Route 24

Other	The Herald News WHTB WSAR

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Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum

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