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Historical Items

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Item 21729

Train Number 1 for Green Mountain Rail Road

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Item 14513

Track washout, Maysville, 1954

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Maysville Media: Photographic print

Item 21722

Green Mountain Rail Road track, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection

John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.

Exhibit

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Exhibit

A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"By 1959, rail freight revenues were sufficient enough to offset losses in passenger numbers and passenger service was terminated."

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… Speedway at the corner of Holmes Road and Two Rod Road was built in 1949 on the site of an old horse track."

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… north of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh. It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park."

My Maine Stories

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Story

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021