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Plymouth & Middleborough Railroad Switch Key

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Plymouth & Middleborough Railroad Switch Key

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Description

A very obscure line in Massachusetts was the Plymouth & Middleborough. They existed for just a year or two until the Old Colony absorbed them and the subsequent year, the New Haven bought out the Old Colony. The Bohannan maker makes a lot of sense in this time frame. Little use.