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Narrow Gauge The Story of the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad No plans SC
Narrow Gauge The Story of the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad PLANS are missing
By Robert C. Stanley
Soft Cover
Copyright 1980
Boston Street Railway Association
Bulletin #16
This is the story of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (known by its initials as the BRB&L), a famous New England three-foot-gauge line that ran from the industrial city of Lynn, Massaalong the shore through Revere to the company's ferry connection at East Boston. Ferryprovided transportation to a terminal at Foster's Wharf in Boston. A branch known as the Winthrop Loop was added to the BRB&L in 1888.
Originally the "Narrow Gauge", as the BRB&L was unofficially known, was part of a land developscheme put forth by one Alpheus P. Blake. At its opening in 1875, the Narrow Gauge was an excellent example of Yankee frugality carried to the extreme. A single-track line of marginal quality in the beginning, passengers were warned that they rode, "... at their own risk." An almost instant success after opening, the little 8-mile railroad ordered additional new rolling stock after only a few weeks' operation.
Introduction 3
Origins of the BRB&L 5
The "Beach" Road Becomes a Reality 9
Orion, Pegasus and Jupiter 13
Halcyon Days - The 1870s, 80s, and 90s . . . 19
The Winthrop Loop 33
Blizzards, Riots and Unfulfilled Dreams 47
From Mason-bogie to 600 Volts D C 67
Down the Garden Path 77
The Last Day of Operation: January 27, 1940 . 87
Steam Locomotives 93
Electric Rolling Stock 99
The Eight "Narrow Gauge" Ferries 103
Valhalla! 107
BRB&L Steam Locomotive Roster 111
Steam Roster Notes 112
Roster of BRB&L Cars 112
Ferryboat Roster 113
Point Shirley Street Railway Roster 113
Corporate Officers 114
Chronology of Events During the Period of the BRB&L Railroad 114
Epilogue 118
Acknowledgements 120
BRB&L RR at its inception in 1875 12
Development of the BW&S RR 39
BRB&L RR at its demise in 1940 119
Mason-bogie Steam Locomotive . Inside Back Cover
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