Keywords: track repair
Item 17847
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Houlton Repair Shop, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 14509
Bangor and Aroostook Track Repair, Littleton, 1956
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Littleton Media: Photographic print
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.
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 - Train Wreck Of 1937
"… Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks, slammed in to the Hubbard Free Library and caused a lot of damage to the library."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"All repairs of rolling stock was done in the two-track repair shop located in Presque Isle. Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca."
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
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
