Boston and Lowell Railroad

The Boston and Lowell Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in Massachusetts. It was one of the first railroads in North America and the first major one in the state. The line later operated as part of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Southern Division.

Read more about Boston And Lowell Railroad:  Beginnings, Getting Chartered, Building The Railroad, Early Operation, Locomotives, The Boston and Maine Railroad, Branches, Life As A B&M Line, Modern Times, Station Listing

Famous quotes containing the words boston and, boston, lowell and/or railroad:

    If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Any balance we achieve between adult and parental identities, between children’s and our own needs, works only for a time—because, as one father says, “It’s a new ball game just about every week.” So we are always in the process of learning to be parents.
    Joan Sheingold Ditzion, Dennie, and Palmer Wolf. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, ch. 2 (1978)

    It is night,
    And it is vanity, and age
    Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear,
    The yellow chirper, beaks its cage.
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)