1854 Railroad Routes
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Jigsaw for January 18, 2026: https://jigex.com/9vbWR
I did a little more digging and found something puzzling (ha!). Joseph Savage decided to go join the Immigrant Aid Society on Sunday, August 26, 1854. He arrived in Boston two days later, on Tuesday the 28th. The train was leaving the next day, August 29.
Last week we talked about Joseph being surprised (astonished?) because his brother Forrest and two Hazen cousins were already in Boston and they had gotten there before him, despite leaving after him.
I’m guessing they took different routes. I looked into it and found Lloyd’s American Railroad map. The Northeast portion of that is this week’s puzzle. But that map got me even more confused. Does anyone know the routes available between White River Junction and Boston in 1854?
For a more challenging map puzzle: 1861 Boston to Kansas railroad map
Hi-res zoomable image that rewards close scrutiny.
As always, thanks for reading
Cameron Cross
75 or 80 years ago, my family rode from Manhattan to White River Junction, and changed there for the Boston and Maine line that ran north into the White Mountains. The Wikipedia history suggests that it was a new, faster line from Boston to WRJ . . . .(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_and_Maine_Railroad)