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| • | Mason Bogie locomotive #6 as built in 1886.]]The Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad was an 8.8 mile (14.2 km) narrow gauge (3 ft) passenger-carrying railroad in the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. It was chartered May 5, 1874, opened July 29, 1875, and abandoned January 27, 1940. A ferry connection from the railroad's southern terminus at East Boston connected to Rowe's Wharf in the city of Boston proper, with a connection to the Atlantic Avenue Elevated (from 1901 to 1938). The railroad followed the coastline north-eastwards through the resort of Revere Beach to the far terminus at Lynn. A branch split to a loop through Winthrop.
The rail laid was light, 30-pound (per yard) rail being installed at first, increased to 50-pound in 1885 and 60-pound in 1904. It was, however, laid from the beginning on standard gauge-sized ties. Given the lightweight rail, the locomotives were small and of standard narrow-gauge dimensions. The vast majority of them were Mason Bogies, 11 from the Mason Machine Works and a further 21 from other builders after Mason closed. Cars were of standard gauge dimensions, however, seating four across.
Between 1896 and 1900, the part along Revere Beach, formerly running right along the beach, was relocated inland to lie next to the Eastern Railroad's Chelsea Beach Branch. Tbe stations were relocated and a new one (Bath House) was built. Revere Street was built later.
The railroad was highly successful, carrying commuters into Boston and the Boston urban population to the seaside resorts. By 1914 over seven million passengers were carried annually, making it one of the most heavily travelled stretches of railroad in North America. With such a traffic density, the expense of electrification could be recouped easily by savings, and in 1928 this happened, the existing cars being fitted with electric motors, trolley poles and control stands and the steam locomotives disposed of. However, the Great Depression, contracting local industry,
Source: [wikipedia: boston, revere beach and lynn railroad]
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