Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad

Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad was a historic railroad that operated between Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Pascoag, Rhode Island, and its remaining tracks from Woonsocket to Slatersville are now owned and operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad (NASDAQ: PWX).

Old Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad tracks now owned by the Providence & Worcester Railroad in Slatersville near the modern-day terminus

The Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad was likely founded and constructed in 1891 and was later officially acquired by the New York and New England Railroad. According to author Frank Heppner, "the line beyond Slatersville to Pascoag was abandoned in the 1930s, but against all probability, the line between Woonsocket and Slatersville survives today as a freight branch of the Providence and Worcester Railroad that primarily serves a single customer, a steel supplier called Denman and Davis"[1] in North Smithfield, a company which is now part of O’Neal Steel, Inc...[2]

References
  1. Frank Heppner, Railroads of Rhode Island: Shaping the Ocean State's Railways (The History Press, 2012) pg. 81
  2. http://onealind.com/121-year-old-metals-service-center-gest-new-identity/
  • Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad tracks now owned by the Providence & Worcester Railroad in Slatersville near the steel distribution plant
  • Providence & Worcester Railroad Bridge near Slatersville over Route 146
  • Current terminus in Slatersville of the former Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad tracks now owned by the Providence & Worcester Railroad
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