Beautiful certificate from the Grand Junction Rail Road and Depot Company issued in 1853>  This historic document was printed by the Printer-Morse & Tuttle, Engravers and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an old harbor scene with a train passing. This item has the signatures of the Company’s President and Secretary, and is over 172 years old.   25 of the 30 original coupons still attached.

Incorporated in 1847, Massachusetts. 8.55-mile (13.76 km) long railroad in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, connecting the railroads heading west and north from Boston. Most of it is still in use, carrying scrap either inbound or outbound to the Schnitzer scrap yard on the Everett waterfront or freight to the Chelsea Produce Market, and non-revenue transfers of Amtrak and MBTA passenger equipment between the lines terminating at North Station and South Station.