Trains in Danvers

Disclaimer: I have no personal memories of train service in Danvers. I do remember walking along  abandoned beds of former RR lines.

Today, in an old book on my bookshelf, I spotted this illustration of the railroad stations in Danvers.  I was astonished to learn that there had been NINE stations! 

from Danvers, Massachusetts. A Resume of Her Past History...
(Danvers Mirror, 1899), page 108

According to this 1899 book, "For more than fifty years, Danvers has had as good railroad facilities as any and much better than most of the towns of her size in any part of the country." 

"There were twenty-one passenger trains daily between Danvers and Boston, some fast express trains, and a night theatre trains gives great satisfactions to a large number of patrons of the road." 

"...such are the railroad accommodations that one can start at any hour for almost any town in New England and make the journey in an almost incredibly short time."

For a full view of this page and the accompanying text, "Boston & Maine Railroad," see this digitized version in the Internet Archive.

I'm glad the whole book has been scanned and archived. (My copy is fragile and worn.) Full title: 

Danvers, Massachusetts. 
A Resume of Her Past History and Progress
Together with A Condensed Summary of 
Her Industrial Advantages and Development. 
Biographies of prominent
 Danvers men and a series of
comprehensive sketches
of her representative
 manufacturing and
commercial 
enterprises.

by Moynahan, Frank E. (1865-1917) 

The online version is searchable by keyword, a very convenient feature.  Here is the address for the online book:  https://archive.org/details/danversmassachus00moyn/mode/2up

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I also found online a photo of a steam train stopped at a Danvers station:  digitized version of a 1900 photograph, thanks to the Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society's archive of photos on Flickr:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmrrhs/