The Hoosac railroad plan was revived when the Boston to Albany trains started running. The Troy-Greenfield Railroad (the T&G) broke ground in North Adams in 1851.

Burt, President of the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railroad, is in this city. He says that an appeal will be taken from the decision rendered yesterday against his road and in favor of the ...

DECISION AGAINST THE BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL AND WESTERN PROJECT. Share full article March 3, 1883 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from March 3, 1883, Page 5 Buy ...

The Hoosac Tunnel opened northern Massachusetts to trade with the west.

And so the Hoosac Tunnel stands as one of the finest exhibitions of engineering skill and of the application of science to practical life which the world affords.

The tunnel was so tiny (2.2 meters wide by 3.6 meters high), barges had to be "legged" from end to end. This meant that men lay on their backs on the barge deck and pushed the barge through by ...

A sightseeing train is set to travel through the historic - and some say haunted - Hoosac Tunnel. Rather than a picturesque ride through Pennsylvania, Amtrak's third annual Autumn Express will ...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (NEWS10) — The historic Hoosac Tunnel remains closed to freight trains after a partial collapse last week. As Pan Am Railways continues assessment and repairs, NEWS10 ABC t… ...

In 1983, Guilford Transportation Industries gained control of the Boston and Maine Railroad, including the tunnel, and commenced to build a new northeast rail system which included the Maine ...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation opened up the Sumner Tunnel to the media Monday for a look inside at the latest stage of renovations.

If you're flying in or out of Boston's Logan Airport in the next month, be prepared, the Sumner Tunnel is closing again.

The tunnel was 157 meters long. Nitroglycerin was first used in 1867 to excavate the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, Massachusetts.