Sunday, October 4, 2009

Plymouth & Middleboro R. R. Route Maps

The following series shows the route of the Plymouth & Middleboro Railroad overlaid on modern aerial maps. The line's original stations are labelled in black, while road and river crossings appear in white. Between North Carver and North Plymouth, much of the roadbed still may clearly be seen. West of North Carver, however, Route 44 has largely obliterated any trace of the railroad which remained after 1936. (Click on the maps below to enlarge).

Middleborough to Mount Carmel (East Middleborough)


Mount Carmel (East Middleborough) to Darby


Darby to Plymouth
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Illustration:
Maps created by Michael J. Maddigan, October, 2009, utilizing Google Earth.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

I lived along this old rail bed in two places. Twenty Lothrop Street where the rails were still in place when I walked along them to the old Cold Spring School. The bridge over Court Street was gone then in 1948 but the rails went up to Court Street. We moved to the Housing project on 30 Olmstead Terrace. The rails were gone but the bed went right past the project across Standish Avenue and out past Rt 3 and to Rt. 80. The railing of the old bridge is still standing on Standish Avenue. I think they just filled in the bridge and build the road on top of it.
John Barlow

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