Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway

The Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway was an international railroad located in northern Vermont and southern Quebec. In 1871 it was formed as the Montreal, Chambly, and Sorel Railway Company. Upon merging with the Missisquoi Junction Railway Company in 1874, it retained its name.[1] In 1875 it became the Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway Company.[2]

It was built from Frelighsburg, Quebec to Sheldon, Vermont in 1882. At Sheldon Junction it connected with the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad.

Due to lack of traffic on the MP&B, the tracks were abandoned and removed the following year in 1883.

In 1886 and 1888, the company and its former management were involved in litigation in Montreal concerning debts and possible fraud.[3]

See also

References
  1. Massiah, Chris; Bradley, R.J. (1883). The Quebec Railway Statutes: A Compilation of All Railway Charters Granted, with the Amendments Thereto, Up to and Including the Session of 1883 : with a Copious Alphabetical Index. Quebec: A. Coté & Co. p. 183-187, 274-277. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Passed in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: And in the Second Session of the Third Parliament, Begun and Holden at Ottawa, on the Fourth Day of February, and Closed by Prorogation on the Eighth Day of April, 1875, Volume 2. 1875. p. 63-64. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. The Montreal Law Reports: Court of Queen's Bench, Volume 4 (in English and French). 1888. p. 163-175. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  • Jones, Robert C., Railroads of Vermont, Volume II, 1993.


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