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Providence and Worcester Railroad
Eder suggested P&W might resume independent operation. Remember that this was at a time when large rail mergers were occurring with regularity. Spinoffs were uncommon, and the idea of a resurrected P&W seemed quite ridiculous.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; New York City and Long Island via trackage rights
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Providence & Worcester Railroad, Freight House, Canal Street, Providence, Providence County, RI
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Providence and Worcester GE B40-8W leads a passenger excursion for railfans at Plainfield, Connecticut in 2012
It is scarcely credible that men so alive to their own interests as the people of Providence, should have allowed this route so long to be unoccupied, and still less credible that they should now allow the project to be impeded by the want of $200,000.
A map showing lines owned or operated on by the Providence and Worcester Railroad.
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A diesel locomotive pulling a passenger train down a railroad track, heading towards the observer. The locomotive has P&W's logo on its nose, and is numbered 4006. A pile of concrete railroad ties lies next to the track.
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Map of the Providence and Worcester Railroad as it existed during its first period of independence
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Regional railroad in the Northeastern United States