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Thanks for visiting the online home of the Boston Street Railway Association. For over 60 years, the BSRA has been preserving New England’s rich transit history—we invite you along for the ride!
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Our Next Virtual Meeting:
March 1, 2025
Wiring the Corridor
David Alff, author of The Northeast Corridor, tells the story behind one of America’s greatest infrastructural achievements: the electrification of the rail lines linking Boston, New York, and Washington. This talk and slideshow will cover everything from Thomas Edison’s experiments with electro-magnetic railways to Amtrak’s extension of catenary to Boston in the late 1990s.
Message updated 2/13/2025