This page originally appeared on Thomas Ehrenreich's Railroad Extra Website
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This page originally appeared on Thomas Ehrenreich's Railroad Extra Website
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The Worcester Station Renovation—November, 1998
Contributed by Fran(k) Seddon, B&A
Freight Conductor (ret.)
Boston & Albany RR Main Line passes on
upper level in back of this building.
Canopy at right of building is over old loading area for Providence
& Worcester RR. P&W runs only freight now.
This is the East End of the Worcester Station
from the Level of the ConRail Main Line (Old B&A RR).
We're looking West here. The Two Home Boards (all red) are over
the Main Lines Tracks 1&2.
The building was quite run down before the beginning of restoration. They're doing a heck of a job!
February, 1999
The original station (1876) was immediately east of the present
station, where the present Amtrak station stands under Route 290.
Most of the station was torn down in 1910 or 1911 when the present
station was built (I'd guess at 1927). Some of the 1876 station
was saved for a freight station, and the tower, which was always
known as the "Clock Tower" was left standing
until the 1950s and was a landmark known to everyone who'd grown
up in Worcester. It would still be standing today but it was torn
down to make way for the overhead highway, Rte 290, the connector
to the Massachusetts Turnpike.
From Michael
Reidy— This is a picture from the Worcester Telegram &
Gazette of the old station — Note the old crossing
sign to the left.
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