Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum

Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
	Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Museum
Established	1986
Dissolved	2016
Location	2 Water Street, Fall River, Massachusetts
Director	Jay Chatterton
Website	[1]

The Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum was a small railroad museum located in Fall River Massachusetts . The Old Colony and Fall River Railroad operated from 1854 to 1863, and later as part of the extensive Old Colony Railroad system. ^[1] The museum is located directly across from the former Fall River Line Terminal , part of the Old Colony's "boat train" service between Boston and New York City .

The museum has a small collection of railroad equipment including a former Pennsylvania Railroad P-70B, a New Haven RDC , a former New York Central Caboose , and a New Haven Boxcar . location near Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts .

Closure [ edit ]

The museum saw its height of popularity during the 1990s through the early 2000s, seeing 45 visitors a day. ^[2] After around 2009, admissions declined to around five people per day, and the museum had trouble paying the bills. ^[2] The museum closed in September 2016, after operating for 30 seasons. ^[2]

Equipment Disposition [ edit ]

Pennsylvania Railroad P-70B Passenger Coach - stored on track 7 in Fall River Wharf yard.

New Haven RDC #42 - sold to Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum .

New York Central Caboose #21052 - now used on Massachusetts Coastal Railroad ballast trains.

New Haven boxcar #33401 - sold to Cape Cod Chapter of the NRHS in West Barnstable, MA.

References [ edit ]

^ Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Feb 15, 1911, page 408
^ ^a ^b ^c Holtzman, Michael (4 September 2016). "LAST CALL: Fall River railroad museum closes after 30 years" . Wicked Local Fall River . Retrieved 1 April 2017 .

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[1] Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Feb 15, 1911, page 408

[Holtzman-2] Holtzman, Michael (4 September 2016). "LAST CALL: Fall River railroad museum closes after 30 years" . Wicked Local Fall River . Retrieved 1 April 2017 .

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Equipment Disposition [ edit ]

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