Keywords: Railroad locomotive industries
Item 8639
Locomotive, Wiscasset engine house, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Wiscasset; Portland; Wiscasset; Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 5932
Maine Central Railroad's locomotive #14, 1886
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886-06-21 Location: Portland Media: Albumen print
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"The car was powered by a small, locomotive engine. They drove it to Augusta and back to the McClench Machine Shop in Hallowell to be dismantled and…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"In July of 1945, two diesel locomotives replaced the two electric ones. The last freight run was made in April of 1996."