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Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Train Wreck Of 1937 Train Wreck, Hubbard Free Library, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks…"

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

"… sixty-five trains a day brought passengers and freight in and out of Portland, many through Scarborough."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… will soon be under cover, and passenger and freight trains will within a few weeks bring to our door fresh evidence of the energy and enterprise of…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"