New England Railroads & Public Transportation
The following are Internet links to sites of public and private organizations that operate passenger or freight services in New England:
- Amtrak - Schedule your trip, locate your nearest station, and reserve a ticket on the U.S. national passenger rail carrier.
- Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad - Train rides and excursions from Belfast, Maine. Operated by Brooks Preservation Society.
- Berkshire Scenic Railroad - Providing entertaining and educational tourist train rides between North Adams and Adams in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.
- Cape Cod Central Railroad - "What a difference the train makes." Award winning Elegant Dinner Train, Luncheon Train, Sunday Brunch Train, Family Supper Train, and Narrated Scenic Train. One of the Cape Rail Inc. Companies.
- Conway Scenic Railroad - Providing nostalgic train rides through the beautiful Mt. Washington Valley and Crawford Notch in New Hampshire, from the historic North Conway Station.
- Granite State Railway - Scenic train rides throughout the White Mountains and Lakes Regions of New Hampshire.
- Green Mountain Railroad - This site features the Champlain Valley Dinner Train and it is an affiliated road with the Vermont Rail System.
- MBTA - Provides schedules and maps, ticket information, access services and other information about the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad - Operates along the Eastern Promenade fronting Casco Bay, in Portland, with historic two-foot gauge railroad cars.
- Mass Central Railroad - As America's Intermodal Shortline, it operates 25 miles of track between Palmer and South Barre, MA. No active link found.
- Mass Coastal Railroad - "Partnership in Motion." A Massachusetts based freight railroad company, a subsidiary of Cape Rail, Inc., which uses Ingenuity and Innovation to provide freight transportation services to entities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while maintaining an environmentally conscious and community focused presence in the fragile ecosystems and historic communities of southeastern Massachusetts.
- New England Central Railroad - Operates 394 miles of railroad between the Vermont/Quebec border, and tidewater at the Port of New London, CT. A subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming.
- The Providence and Worcester Railroad - "The railroad that can...and will," serving southern New England. A subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming.
- Norfolk Southern Railroad - "The thoroughbred of transportation."
- The Valley Railroad / Essex Steam Train - The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat Ride, along the Connecticut River.
- White Mountain Central Railroad - Provides two-and-one-half-mile excursions behind a wood-burning steam Climax locomotive.
- Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum - Ride historic trains and relive history in Alna, Maine.
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc - A holding company of shortline railroads across the US and Canada, including the New England Central Railroad, the Connecticut Southern Railroad, the Province & Worcester Railroad, and others.
