Mystery Depots

in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

I have stumbled across some mysteries pertaining to old railroad depots in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. OK, perhaps "stumbled" is the wrong word, as I actively seek out this sort of thing.

Over the years I had made web pages of some of these mysteries, mostly so I could share them with my pal Gary Lapointe who has the wonderful site Railroad Depots in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  It seemed like I should make an index page linking to all of the mystery pages from one place on the Web. So here it is for anyone else who might be interested- or might have info to share with us pertaining to these mystery buildings. (Click on an image below to go to the corresponding page.) 

  The Brandeis-Roberts Flagstop Mystery. (What IS this?)

The amazing Marlboro, NH Depot Puzzle. My current fave. And Gary has made this one official. I love this.

OK, I give up. I hate to admit it, but I can't identify a depot on my favorite railroad line, The Central Mass. Here is a real stumper- "The Central Mass Mystery Station".

Greendale, Massachusetts. (Worcester.) What was this- passenger depot, freight, or both?

Mushobo has sent me another unidentified depot. It seems he came across this old photograph- and we don't know what depot this is. (I love these. And sooner or later I will get it. But I just might need your help.)

Jaffrey, New Hampshire railroad depot hoax? Is the structure said to be the railroad depot at Jaffrey, NH really what it purports to be? Or is this an example of "Yankee humor"? Did someone just slap an order board on this edifice and jokingly declare it "The Depot"- or is it real? Click here to find out more....

The Northboro, Mass. Freight Depot Riddle

For years I have thought this was once the North Sudbury, Mass. (aka "Raymonds") Depot. But now I'm not too sure. This is a very interesting mystery. 

Here is a weird one. The "Twice Vanished Depot". No doubt it's a depot. I took the picture somewhere in Massachusetts- but we don't know where I was when I took it. Or where this is NOW. Now that's a mystery.

Today's mail included an interesting "can you identify this" from Musehobo. Can you identify either of these mystery depots?

October, 2006. I found this interesting relic, and I am hoping someone can identify it for me. I think it's from the Boston and Maine, and I found it near the site of a former depot in Masschusetts. (OK, it's not a "depot mystery" per se. But pretty close.)

The Nobscott Depot Mystery. (This one has been solved.)

This one is also a "solved" depot mystery. I had photographed a couple of early "replacement" depots in Weston and Wayland Mass. Years later I could not find one of them. Click here to see why.

Sterling Junction, Mass. Is this REALLY the former freight depot depicted in the vintage postcard? This one is no longer an open question, but it was an interesting adventure nonetheless.
 
 

And of course....