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Unknown: Haverhill and Southern New Hampshire Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Lawrence and Methuen Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Lowell and Dracut Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Lowell and Pelham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Lowell Horse Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Roxbury Central Wharf Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: South Bay Wharf and Terminal Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Unknown: Vineyard Sound Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 6, 1788: Commonwealth of Massachusetts is admitted to the union of the United States of America.
June 10, 1796: Proprietors of Connecticut River Bridge incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 25, 1820: Proprietors of Portsmouth Bridge incorporation is confirmed by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 24, 1823: Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 4, 1826: Granite Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 5, 1830: Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 22, 1831: Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 23, 1831: Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 8, 1832: Proprietors of the New Bedford and Fairhaven Ferry incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 13, 1833: Western Railroad Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 15, 1833: Andover and Wilmington Rail Road Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 15, 1833: The Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 7, 1835: Taunton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 5, 1836: West Stockbridge Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1836: Charlestown Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1836: New Haven and Northampton Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 14, 1836: Eastern Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1836: Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation (Mass.) incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1836: Seekonk Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 22, 1836: Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 13, 1837: Berkshire Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 10, 1838: Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation consolidation of Nashua and Lowell Railroad Corporation (N.H.) and Nashua and Lowell Rail-road Corporation (Mass.) is confirmed by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 13, 1838: Old Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1839: Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 5, 1839: Hartford and Springfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 6, 1841: Boston and Maine Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 17, 1841: Worcester Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 1, 1842: Northampton and Springfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 3, 1842: Fitchburg Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 3, 1842: Pittsfield and North Adams Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 24, 1843: Boston and Maine Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 11, 1844: Georgetown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 12, 1844: Providence and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 14, 1844: Fall River Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 15, 1844: Salisbury Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 15, 1844: Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 16, 1844: Boston and Maine Rail-road Extension Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 16, 1844: Old Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 16, 1844: Stoughton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 16, 1844: Woburn Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 25, 1845: Connecticut River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 25, 1845: Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 5, 1845: Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 7, 1845: Medford Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 13, 1845: Cheshire Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 13, 1845: Winchendon Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 22, 1845: Peterborough and Shirley Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 24, 1845: Lexington and West Cambridge Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 25, 1845: Randolph and Bridgewater Rail-road Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 26, 1845: Middleborough Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 26, 1845: Stony Brook Rail-road Corporation incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 26, 1845: United Corporation of the Middleborough Railroad Corporation, and Fall River Branch Railroad Company and Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 25, 1845: Providence and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 7, 1846: Essex Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 11, 1846: Newburyport Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 26, 1846: South Shore Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 27, 1846: Lowell and Andover Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 6, 1846: Hanover Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 8, 1846: Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 10, 1846: Chelsea Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1846: Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1846: Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1846: Lancaster and Sterling Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1846: Walpole Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1846: Watertown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 17, 1847: Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1847: Weir Branch Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 23, 1847: Woburn Branch Extension Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 24, 1847: Norfolk County Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1847: Agricultural Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1847: Barre and Worcester Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 10, 1848: The New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 21, 1848: Taunton and Middleborough Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1848: Salem and Lowell Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1848: South Reading Branch Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 28, 1848: Saugus Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 8, 1848: Greenfield and Fitchburg Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 10, 1848: Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 10, 1848: Union Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 1, 1849: Charles River Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 1, 1849: Fairhaven Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 1, 1849: Medway Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 1, 1849: Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 2, 1849: Waltham and Watertown Branch Rail-road Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 2, 1850: Midland Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 7, 1851: Danvers and Georgetown Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 23, 1851: Providence and Bristol Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 24, 1851: Amherst and Belchertown Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 24, 1851: Charles River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 15, 1852: Danvers Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 20, 1852: Bellingham Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 30, 1852: Boston and New York Central Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 30, 1852: Marlborough Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 20, 1852: Hampden Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 22, 1852: Northampton and Westfield Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 23, 1853: Hampshire and Hampden Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 25, 1853: Mystic River Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 3, 1854: Easton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 25, 1854: Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 16, 1854: Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 2, 1855: Milford and Woonsocket Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 17, 1857: The Fall River and Warren Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 19, 1858: Midland Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 25, 1858: Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 27, 1858: Marlborough and Feltonville Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 6, 1859: Lynn and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 6, 1859: Stoneham Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 1860: Stoneham Street Railroad Company organizes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 20, 1860: Rockport Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 24, 1860: New London Northern Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 21, 1860: Southern Vermont Rail Road Company is sold to Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company and conveyed by mortgage to Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 28, 1861: Cape Cod Central Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1861: Midland Land Damage Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 22, 1862: East Boston Freight Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 28, 1862: New Haven and Northampton Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 25, 1862: Old Colony and Newport Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1862: Foxborough Branch Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 2, 1862: Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
October 13, 1862: Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company property surrendered to Commonwealth of Massachusetts under conditions of mortgage covering loans made for construction purposes.
February 21, 1863: Dighton and Somerset Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 20, 1864: Hanover Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 8, 1865: Marblehead and Lynn Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 19, 1866: Turner's Falls Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 3, 1866: Chebacco Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 13, 1867: Duxbury and Cohassett Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 16, 1867: Ware River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 9, 1867: Hopkinton and Milford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 24, 1867: Boston and Albany Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1868: Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 21, 1868: Wayland and Sudbury Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 8, 1868: West Amesbury Branch Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1869: Worcester Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 27, 1869: Monadnock (Mass.) Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 17, 1869: Athol and Enfield Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 22, 1869: Essex Branch Ralroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 10, 1869: Massachusetts Central Rail-road Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 26, 1869: Hopkinton Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 12, 1869: Holyoke and Westfield Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 12, 1869: Newburyport City Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 23, 1870: Framingham and Lowell Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1870: Asbury Grove Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 30, 1870: Lancaster Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 1, 1870: Hopkinton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 22, 1870: Shawmut Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 10, 1871: Middlesex Central Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 10, 1871: Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 4, 1871: Mount Tom and Easthampton Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 5, 1871: Ashburnham Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 5, 1872: Lowell and Andover Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 27, 1872: Old Colony Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 6, 1872: Union Freight Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 6, 1872: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 30, 1873: West Amesbury Branch Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 11, 1873: Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 11, 1873: New Bedford Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 21, 1873: Ware River Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 15, 1873: The New York and New England Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
October 22, 1873: Grafton Centre Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 5, 1874: Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 19, 1874: Fall River Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 6, 1875: Springfield and New London Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 24, 1875: North Brookfield Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
September 26, 1876: Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company (of Mass.) incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 13, 1878: The Ashburnham Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 6, 1878: The Springfield and North-eastern Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 8, 1878: Spencer Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 1879: Ocean Terminal Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 2, 1880: Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 16, 1880: Globe Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
September 2, 1880: The Hull and Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
October 4, 1880: Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1881: Nantucket Railroad incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 2, 1881: Nantasket Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 31, 1881: Lowell and Framingham Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 22, 1881: Chelsea Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 23, 1882: Providence, Webster & Springfield Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 21, 1882: Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 23, 1883: Central Massachusetts Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 15, 1883: Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1885: Citizens Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
December 28, 1886: Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1887: Hull Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 22, 1887: West End Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 1, 1887: Commonwealth of Massachusetts property of Troy and Greenfield Rail-road Company sold to Fitchburg Railroad Company.
February 25, 1887: Chatham Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1889: Lynn Belt Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1889: Quincy and Boston Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1889: Attleborough, North Attleborough & Wrentham Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1890: Woronoco Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 20, 1890: Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 1890: Gardner Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1891: Leominster Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 7, 1891: Commonwealth of Massachusetts property of Southern Vermont Rail Road Company sold to Fitchburg Railroad Company.
October 1, 1891: Brookline and Pepperell Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1892: Wakefield and Stoneham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1893: Braintree Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1893: Haverhill, Georgetown and Danvers Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1894: Boston Elevated Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1894: Hanover Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1895: Reading and Lowell Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1895: Hingham Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 5, 1895: The New England Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Woburn and Reading Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Beverly and Danvers Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: West Roxbury and Roslindale Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Templeton Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Amherst & Sunderland Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896: Mount Tom Railroad is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 9, 1896: Boston Terminal Company incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 24, 1896: Chester and Becket Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1897: Palmer and Monson Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to build a line between Palmer and Monson.
1897: Norton & Taunton Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
September 1897: Northampton & Amherst Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1898: Providence and Taunton Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1898: Milford, Attleborough and Woonsocket Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1898: Worcester and Webster Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 28, 1898: Plymouth & Sandwich Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1899: Georgetown, Rowley and Ipswich Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1899: Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1900: Lowell, Acton & Maynard Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1900: Greenfield & Deerfield is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 1900: Norwood, Canton & Sharon Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1901: Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and acquires the Massachusetts assets of the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company.
May 1901: Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1902: Hampshire Street Railway incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 1902: Berkshire Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1904: Western Massachusetts Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to build a line westward from Westfield to Hungtinton.
January 2, 1905: Southeastern Electric Companies incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 23, 1905: Berkshire Railroad Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 1, 1907: Nashua & Acton Railroad incorporates by special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1910: Hampden Railroad incorporates by special act in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 1911: Massachusetts Northern Railways is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 26, 1912: Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 18, 1913: Fall Mountain Electric Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1918: Boston Elevated Railway Company management is taken over by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Public Control Act of 1918.
January 6, 1919: Fore River Railroad Corporation incorporates under the general laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 1, 1919: Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 15, 1924: Boston and Maine Transportation Company incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1947: Metropolitan Transit Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 30, 1949: Edaville Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 5, 1952: Ellis D. Atwood, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 3, 1964: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts succeeding Metropolitan Transit Authority.
November 12, 1970: Bartholomew Enterprises, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
December 30, 1975: Massachusetts Central Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1976: Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority created under the general laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 8, 1977: Quaboag Transfer, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
December 9, 1980: Filter V and M Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 28, 1981: Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 4, 1982: Bay Colony Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 5, 1984: Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1985: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 20, 1986: Fore River Railway Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 9, 1986: Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
June 9, 1989: Cape Cod Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 12, 1991: Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 21, 1991: The Cranberry Belt Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
March 4, 1996: Edaville Entertainment Company LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
September 5, 1996: Edaville Railroad Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
September 12, 1997: South Carver Rail, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 20, 1998: Cranrail Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 12, 1998: Cape Cod Central Railroad, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 25, 2000: Carver Cranberries Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 26, 2001: Eda Cranberry Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
May 24, 2001: Fore River Transportation Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 8, 2001: Edaville Railroad name is registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Eda Cranberry Company, Inc.
June 12, 2002: Coltsville Terminal Company, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 28, 2003: Caboose Entertainment, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
November 5, 2003: Cranberry Belt Corporation incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
April 13, 2004: East Brookfield and Spencer Railroad, LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 21, 2004: Ellis Atwood LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
October 20, 2004: Ellis Atwood Entertainment LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 3, 2006: PCPRR, LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
February 9, 2006: Cape Rail, Inc. incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 23, 2010: EDA-E1 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 23, 2010: EDA-E2 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
August 23, 2010: EDA-E3 LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 14, 2011: Railway Productions LLC incorporates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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