Keywords: railroad
Item 13843
Railroad excursion flyer, 1928
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 34041
Maine Central Railroad brochure, Cumberland, 1950
Contributed by: Richard Rozene through North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1950-04-30 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper
Item 53355
84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Railroad - Station
Item 32687
Railroad, Bishop Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Style: Shed Use: Railroad - Store House
Item 150156
Maine Central Railroad, Bangor Freight House, Bangor, 1947-1948
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1948 Location: Bangor Client: Maine Central Railroad Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 150122
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company traffic department alterations, Bangor, 1948-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1948–1956
Location: Bangor
Client: Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
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Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate and profound impact. Mills built along the railroad made Strong the logging community it…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"Train Ferry Hercules, Bath, ca. 1908Patten Free Library Before the current railroad station, in 1871, MCRR built a station at almost the same…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
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