1884 system map of the Boston & Maine railroad. In 1884, the B&M was a small regional line that hugged the New England coast between Boston and Portland, Maine. Its longest inland spur led directly to Alton Bay. Looking at this map, and seeing how at this time the B&M did not extend south of Boston, or even west past Lowell, it is hard to imagine how this line became the dominant New England railroad only twenty years later.



The front cover of the 1884 system map.



The 1884 timetable.