This a partial list of B&P RR Locomotives
| Engine Name | Builder | Year Built | # | Notes | Cylinders | Drivers | Weight |
| Blackhawk | in England | 1834 | 1st purchased | ||||
| George Washington Whistler | In England | 1834 | 2nd purchased | ||||
| Boston | in England | 1835 | 3rd purchased | ||||
| Providence | Taunton Locomotive Works | 1849 | 12th purchased | ||||
| Canton | George S Griggs of the B&P RR | 1849 | Sold in 1867 | ||||
| Neponset | George S Griggs of the B&P RR | 1849 | Sold in 1883 | ||||
| Boston | George S Griggs of the B&P RR | 1863 | Broken up in 1884 | ||||
| Viaduct | George S Griggs of the B&P RR | 1863 | 45 | 17x22" | 66" | 62,700 | |
| Whistler | Taunton Locomotive Works | 1864 | Broken up in 1881 | ||||
| Paul Revere | George S Griggs of the B&P RR | 1871 | 29 | 17x22" | 66" | 62,700 | |
| Providence | Rhode Island Locomotive Works | 1871 |
5 |
16x24" | 60" | 64,950 | |
| William Gibbs McNeill | Rhode Island Locomotive Works | 1872 | 35 | 17x24" | 66" | 71,700 | |
| William W Woolsey | Rhode Island Locomotive Works | 1872 | 39 | 26x24" | 60" | 60,950 | |
| Thomas B Wales | Rhone Island Locomotive Works | 1878 |
3 |
17x24" | 66" | 73,900 | |
| RH Stevenson (assumed to be Robert) | Taunton Locomotive Works | 1886 | 28 | 17x24" | 60" | 83,500 |
The B&P RR also bought locomotives from the companies listed below.
| Builder | Notes |
| Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. (Manchester, NH) | Made 234 engines as a sideline to its textile equipment and machine tool business. |
| Baldwin Locomotive Works (Philadelphia, PA) | A Philadelphia, PA machine shop that had produced 1,000 locomotives by 1861. |
| Hinkley (Boston Locomotive Works) | A Boston, MA company that produced over 600 engines before being closed down by the Panic of 1857. |
| Locks & Canal Co. (Lowell, MA) | |
| Lowell Machine Shop | |
| In Philadelphia | |
| William Mason (Mason Machine Works) | This Taunton, MA textile machinery maker produced about 100 engines during the 1850’s. |
| Young (could be John & Thomas Young, Vulcan Foundry in Ayr, Scotland) |
Only Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation stock certificates have a vignette of the Canton Viaduct. The vignette is vertically opposed and located on the left side of each stock certificate.
B&P R bonds were not decorated with the Canton Viaduct vignette.
This is an early Boston & Providence Railroad stock certificate, issued to Charles F. Aylwin on October 10th, 1840 for 175 shares. Each share was worth $100, so the stock certificate was valued at $17,500 dollars in 1840; due to inflation it would be worth $358,829 today.
The stock was signed by the Treasurer, J. F. Loring, whose name appears on the Canton Viaduct Dedication Stone.
The first B&P RR stocks were issued in 1834 and had no vignettes. The Canton Viaduct vertical vignette and the steamboat central vignette first appeared on B&P RR stocks in 1835 and were printed by S. Stiles & Co, N.Y.
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A few years later, the stocks were printed by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, New-York and the steamboat central vignette changed to a harbor scene.
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The last company to print B&P RR stocks was the American Bank Note Company - New York & Boston. Several features on the B&P RR stocks have been modified over the years, but the Canton Viaduct vertical vignette has remained unchanged.
For a complete list of all known B&P RR stocks and bonds, search the Coxrail database.
Read Antique Stocks and Bonds: A Guide for Collectors and Investors
by Donald Mesler
Read a B&P RR stock research report by Stock Certificate Research Services from 4/14/2000, 9 pages
Read the verbiage on these stock certificates
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