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Beginning in 1914 the B&M, along with all railroads in the U.S., conducted a massive inventory and survey of its physical plant of the company as required by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The purpose of the survey was to determine an accurate valuation of the railroad's capital facilities in order to enable the Commission to set rates whereby railroads would be assured a reasonable rate of return on their capital assets.

Right of Way and Track Maps were originally prepared in 1914 in order to inventory the location of all tracks, buildings, bridges, culverts, signals, cattle passes, property boundaries, track fences, etc. for all railroad lines then operated by the B&M. These maps are all about 56" wide by 24" tall. They are highly detailed, drawn to a scale of 1" = 100 feet. Each map covers one mile or less of track. The maps show when and from whom land was acquired when the railroad line was originally built. Included are references to the location of deed documents in county land registry offices.

Copies can be made of the following valuation plans held in the B&MRRHS Archives. Please note "Available on CD" means that prints can be made from CD. Please email Rick Nowell, Archives Chairman at fnowell3@yahoo.com for details.

KEY TO FOLDER NUMBERS AND LIST OF RIGHT OF WAY AND TRACK MAPS (VALUATION PLANS)










B&MRRHS ARCHIVES
















Val. Section Description Map Nos. Quantity Folder No. Comments
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1 Terminal Division Charles River to Yard 20 3 2 1-2
2 Wellington - Rosemont (Western Route Main Line) 1-30 30 1-1
2 Wellington - Rosemont (Western Route Main Line) 31-34, 66 5 1-2 We do not hold Rosemont to Rigby
2.1 Orchard Beach Branch 1-4 4 2-1
3 Everett Jct. - Rowley (Eastern Route Main Line) 1-29 29 2-2B
3 Rowley - Salisbury [NH State Line] (Eastern Route Main Line) 30-39 10 2-3
3 NH State Line - Portland Terminal Co. Limit (Eastern Route Main Line) 58-104 47 3-1
4.1 Jewett - Somersworth (Conway Branch) 1-5 5 3-3
4.1 Mt. Whittier - Intervale (Conway Branch) 57-74 18 10-1
4.2 Above Dover - Gonic (Lakeport Branch) 4-7 4 4-3
4.2 Above Farmington - Alton Bay (Lakeport Branch) 19-29 11 4-3
4.3 Somersworth Branch


Not held
4.5 Portsmouth - Dover Branch 6-8 3 10-1 Maps cover mid-section of branch
4.6 Wolfeboro Branch 1-13 13 10-1
4.7 Lake Winnipesaukee Wharf


Not held
5 Central Mass., North Cambridge - Clinton 1-32 32 5-2 Available on CD
5 Central Mass., North Cambridge - Barre 33-57 25 5-3 Available on CD
5 Central Mass., Canal Jct. - Norwottuck 79-84 6 5-3 Available on CD
5 Central Mass., New Braintree - Northampton 59-62, 67-69, 72-79, 81, 88-97 26 5-3 Available on CD
6 WN&P, Worcester 12, SL1, SL1a, SL2, SL3, SL3a 6 7-1
6 WN&P, Worcester - Ayer 4-16, 18-26, 29 23 Flat File
6 WN&P, Ayer SL 28 1 7-1
6 WN&P, Several miles below Nashua 42-44 3 7-1
6 WN&P, Hudson - Fremont 48-69 22 7-1
6 WN&P, Fremont - Epping 71-74 4 7-2 Will these maps fit in 7-1?
6 WN&P, Epping - West Gonic 76-92 17 7-1
6 WN&P, Rochester - Maine Line 98-99 2 7-1
6 WN&P, Maine 99-141 43 Flat File
7.1 Medford Branch


Not held
7.2 Westerly end South Reading Branch (Lynnfield - Wakefield Jct.) 5-9 5 8-2
7.3 Entire Newburyport Branch 1-31 31 8-1
7.4 Methuen Branch 1-4 4 8-2 Including Canal St., Lawrence, tracks
7.5 Entire Georgetown Branch 1-7 7 8-2
7.6 Entire Merrimac Branch 1-6 6 8-2
7.7 Entire Saugus Branch 1-10 10 8-3
7.8 Entire East Boston Branch 1-2 2 8-3
7.9 Entire Chelsea Beach Branch 1-4 4 8-3
7.10 Entire Swampscott Branch 1-5 5 8-3
7.11 Entire Marblehead Branch 1-4 5 8-4
7.12 Entire Lawrence (Salem - North Andover) Branch 1-21 21 9-1
7.13 Entire Gloucester Branch 1-17 17 9-2
7.14 Entire Essex Branch 1-6 6 9-3
7.15 Entire Newburyport City Branch 1-2 2 9-3
7.16 Entire Amesbury Branch 1-4 4 9-3
7.17 Lowell Connecting Track


Not held
7.18 Billerica Shops


Held elsewhere in collection
7.19 Phillips Wharf Branch


Not held
8 Portsmouth Electric Railway 1-20 21 12-2
9 Manchester and Lawrence Branch


Not held
10 Lowell and Andover Railroad


Not held
11 Entire Kennebunkport Branch 1-5 5 10-2
12 Terminal Division (B&LRR Part)


Not held
13.1 Winter Hill - Lowell (New Hampshire Main Line) 1-24 32 10-3
13.2 Entire Lexington/Reformatory Branches 1-20 20 11-1
13.3 B&B Branch South of Billerica 1-5 5 11-1
13.4 Southerly End Woburn Loop 1-4 4 11-1 Missing 7/30/04
13.5 Entire Stoneham Branch 1-3 3 11-2
13.6 Entire Wildcat Branch (Wilmington to Wilmington Jct.) 1-4 4 11-2
13.7 Entire Salem - Lowell Branch (Peabody-Lawrence Jct.) 1-17 17 11-2
13.8 Entire Lowell - Lawrence Branch 1-14 14 11-2
13.9 Bleachery Branch


Not held
13.10 Ayer City Branch


Not held
13.11 Phillips Wharf Salem



14 Elmwood - Keene (Manchester & Keene RR) 7-30 24 11-3
15 Lowell - Tyngsboro (New Hampshire Main Line) (Nashua and Lowell RR) 1-9 9 12-3
16 Stony Brook RR


Not held
17 Wilton RR


Not held
18 Peterborough RR


Not held
19 Entire Horn Pond Branch 1 1 13-1
21 Concord and Montreal RR. Concord to Belmont 37-59 23 13-1
21 Concord and Montreal RR. Belmont to New Hampton 60-79 20 13-2
21 Concord and Montreal RR. New Hampton to Plymouth 74-88 15 7-2
21 Concord and Montreal RR. 80-109 30 13-3 Specify towns covered
21 Concord and Montreal RR. 110-123 14 14-1 Specify towns covered
22 Wells River - Groveton 33-42 10 14-3
23.1 Suncook Loop (Hooksett Branch) 1-7 7 15-1
23.2 West of Goffstown - Henniker Jct. (Manchester and North Weare Branch) 9-25 17 15-1
23.3 Entire Lakeport Branch (Lakeport - Alton Bay) 1-17 17 15-2
23.4 Entire Belmont Branch (Tilton and Belmont RR) 1-5 5 15-2
23.5 Entire Manchester - Milford Branch 1-19 19 16
23.6 Suncook Valley Extension (Pittsfield-Centre Barnstead)


Not held
23.7 Franklin - New Hampton Transmission Line. Pem. Power Plant 1-16 16 16-1
23.8 Lake Winnipesaukee Wharfs


Not held
24.1 Entire Mt. Washington Branch (Wing Road - Base) 1-21 21 16-2
24.2 Whitefield-Berlin


Not held
24.3 Entire Waumbek Branch (Cherry Mtn. - Jefferson) 1-4 4 17-1
24.4 Entire Profile Branch 1-10 10 17-1
24.5 Entire Bethlehem Branch 1-5 5 17-1
25 Concord Electric Railway 1-30 30 17-2
26 Nashua - Acton Branch 1-21 21 17-3
27 Entire New Boston Branch 1-6 6 17-3
28 Concord and Portsmouth Branch 22-39 18 7-2
29 Suncook Valley Branch (Suncook Valley Railroad) 1-18 18 17-3 Does not include extension to Centre Barnstead
30 Entire Pemigewasset Valley Branch 1-22 25 1-3
31 Entire Franklin and Tilton Branch 1-5 5 1-3
32.1 Northern RR


Not held
32.2 Entire Bristol Branch 1-13 13 1-3
33.1 Concord to East of Claremont Jct. 1-56 57 2-2A
33.2 Contoocook - Emerson - Hillsboro Branch 1-15 15 12-7
34 Below Elmwood to Peterboro 12-19 8 12-7
34 Peterboro and Hillsboro RR (Hillsboro - Bennington) 1-9 9 7-2
34 Concord & Claremont RR at Hillsboro, NH H1 = Former C&CRR VS33.2/Map 15 at Hillsboro, NH 1 7-2
35 Terminal Division (FRR Part)


Not held
36.1 Union Square [Somerville] - Fitchburg (Fitchburg Main Line) 1-49 49 3-2
36.2 Watertown Branch


Not held
36.3 Entire Marlboro Branch (S. Acton - Marlboro) 1-13 13 4-2
36.4 Mass. Side of Greenville Branch 1-15 15 4-2
36.5 Squannacook Jct. - Milford Quarry (Milford Branch) 1-19 19 4-2
37(M) Greenfield - Rotterdam (FML) via EB alignment 1-? 23 Not Filed See if in flat file now.
37(Vt) Pownal - NY Line (FML) 46-53 8 Flat File
37(NY) NY Line - Rotterdam (FML) 54-110+/-
Flat File
38.1 Johnsonville - Troy (Troy Branch) 27-43 17 12-7
38.2 Entire Saratoga Branch 1-19 19 6-3
38.3 Entire Schuylerville Branch 1-9 9 6-3
39.1 Cheshire Branch (complete) 1-55 55 12-12 Available on CD. Also, copies of maps 50 (6.1914 and 8.1921 eds)-53 are at NC unprocessed (Scott Whitney donation).
39.2 Barber [Worcester] - Winchendon 1-37 30 Flat File Verify in flat file.
39.3 Peterboro Branch (Winchendon - Peterboro) 1-17 +/- 6 Flat File Verify in flat file.
39.4 Ashburnham Branch 1-3 3 12-12
40.1 Fitchburg - Greenfield (Fitchburg Main Line) (Vermont & Mass. RR) 1-57 11 3-3
40.2 Turners Falls Branch


Not held
41 Bennington Branch


Not held
42.1 Springfield - Brattleboro. various
Flat File
42.2 Chicopee Falls Branch


Not held
42.3 Easthampton Branch 1-4 4 Flat File
42.4 East Deerfield Branch


Not held
42.5 Ashuelot Branch


Not held
43 White River Jct. - Canada


Not held
44 Massawippi Valley RR


Not held
46 Vermont Valley RR (Brattleboro - Bellows Falls) See Comments

Maps 2, 3 (6.1914 & 3.1922 eds.), 4-13, 14 (6.1914 & 3.1922 eds.)-19, 21-23, 24 (6.1914 & 2.1930 eds.), and 25 are at NC unprocessed. (Scott Whitney donation).
48 York Harbor & Beach RR 2-12 11 12-2
52.1 Montpelier & Wells River RR 1-20,26-38
Flat File
54 Conway Electric Street Ry. 1-6 6 12-2
55 Portsmouth Bridge 1 1 12-2
56 Wells River Bridge 1 1 12-2
58 Greenland Electric Branch


Not held
60 Connecticut River Bridge


Not held
61 Acton - Concord Jct.


Not held






Other Plans:




-- 1928 Industrial Survey, plans in folders 8-3(6), 10-3(4), 11-1(2), 12-7(4), 4-2(7), 12-13(10)
33
See attached listing of those in 12-13.






-- Boston and Albany RR Ware River and
9 12-2

Grand Junction Branch plans









-- New York, New Haven & Hartford RR
38 12-13 See attached listing.





















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TOTAL PLANS LISTED
1518

























Explanation of columns:




Section - Valuation section number used in 1914 valuation survey




Description - Railroad line or branch name, showing stations at




beginning and end of section




Maps - Map (or sheet) numbers; maps are consecutively numbered




for each section




Quantity - The number of maps included; should correspond with




map numbers in previous column




Folder - File folder number in right corner of brown file




folder in vertical plan file
















FML = Fitchburg Main Line




NHML = New Hampshire Main Line




SL maps = Station Lands




The Collection




The original list*** was compiled by Edward T. Levay, Jr.,




B&MRR Accounting Dept., in 1984, when plans were donated by




B&M Corp. to B&MRRHS, at the time when B&M removed its offices




from 150 Causeway St., Boston, to North Billerica. These




valuation plans were declared to be surplus by the B&M Corp.




See B&MRRHS Newsletter, Feb. 1984 pp. 3-4, for additional information




on this donation, and where this listing was first published [with




some typographical errors and omissions].










The original donation consisted of railroad lines that had been abandoned




or sold by the B&M prior to 1984, including lines in eastern




Massachusetts that had been sold to the MBTA. Plans for a few




abandoned/sold lines were not included in the donation, but most




were. Not included in the donation were railroad lines that were




still owned and actively operated by the B&M in 1984. Many of




these lines were subsequently abandoned or sold by B&M/Guilford




Transportation Industries, but there was no provision for




donation of these plans to the B&MRRHS subsequent to the




original donation in 1984.










The B&MRRHS has subsequently acquired copies of valuation plans




for other lines from other sources. Some of these have been




filed in the vertical file, others in the flat files.
















***See RRC file named VALPLANS.WK1 (and Wordperfect file VALPLN1) showing




contents of original donation of plans to B&MRRHS by B&M Corp.




in 1984.










RRC/FNN III




12/25/2000, Rev. 1/13/2001. Rev. 8/15/04. Rev. 6/25/05. Rev. 7/7/05, Rev. 1/1/07, Rev. 3/30/07






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