First Rhode Island Railroad Stations

Wickford / Slocum / Kingston 1882 / Kingston 1997
Hope Valley / Woodville / Westerly c1880 / Westerly c1880s
Westerly c1912 / Westerly c1912 / Niantic RI / Shannock
Peacedale / Wakefield / Wakefield / Narrgansett Boon St.
Seaview RR at Narrgansett / Seaview / Pawtucket / Pawtucket Staircase / Pawtucket Waiting Room / Providence c1847* / Providence c1898 / Bay State Limited at Providence / Providence Union Station c1898 / Oakland Beach / Warwick / Woonsocket / Oakland / Pontiac
Coventry / East Providence / Bristol / Warren
Canton-Boston-Providence Steam with open coaches.
Ending with Wickford as it was known in 1900.

Note: A new Wickford station, c2010-12, is in planning to be built at the rear of Staples & Wal Mart as a commuter stop for thousands of passengers daily. See RIDOT website.
http://www.dot.ri.gov/engineering/intermod/index.asp


Stations of the early days of railroading in Rhode Island.
Post card collection of the late Stewart Schneider, WK,RI.
Slideshow: Jack McCabe for RIRRmuseum
Kingston Station 1997 photograph by Martha H. McCabe
Music Track: "Wait for a Story - Ashes & Coal Album" by Ivan Rosenberg

*Providence Union Station at wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Union_Station_Providence

Kingston Station located in West Kingston RI
http://kingstonstation.org

Rhode Island Railroad Museum at Kingston Station
http://members.cox.net/rirrmuseum/

RIRRmuseum is sponsored by the Friends of Kingston Station Inc.,501c 3 / established since 1974.

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