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In 1992, Maine voters approved a $5.4 million rail bond for right-of-way improvements, and $60,000 was granted to the Maine DOT to design a Portland intermodal terminal. Later that year, Congress approved $25.5 million for more right-of-way improvements, and 1993 saw an additional $9.5 million in track improvements.
Boston & Maine Railroad timetable for the Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, October, 1900. In 1845, Worcester was becoming an important railroad junction in central Massachusetts, with numerous rail lines linking the city to Boston, Springfield, Providence, Rhode Island, and Norwich, Connecticut, with another line linking it to Albany, New York.
The Flying Yankee is a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the Boston and Maine Railroad by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from Electro-Motive Corporation. It was the third streamliner train in North America. [1] That train ceased passenger service in 1957 and is stored at the Conway Scenic Railroad in New ...
By 1843, the Eastern entered into an agreement with the Boston & Maine to share the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad's tracks in Maine, which allowed both railroads to begin providing Boston-to-Portland service. On April 28, 1847, the Eastern and the Boston & Maine co-leased the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth for a period of 99 years.
In 1900, the Fitchburg Railroad was acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M). The post-World War II era marked a significant decline in passenger rail service across the United States, including the Northern Tier. By the 1950s, service frequency along the Fitchburg line had decreased significantly.
New Brunswick and Canada Railway: CP: 1870 1882 New Brunswick Railway: Northern Maine Seaport Railroad: BAR: 1904 1919 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad: Norway Branch Railroad: CN: 1879 Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad: MEC: 1852 1864 European and North American Railway: Orchard Beach Railroad: B&M: 1876 1893 Boston and Maine Railroad: Palmer and ...
The Boston and Maine Railroad, hereinafter called the carrier, and the lines it operates comprise a standard-gage, steam railroad system, with a network of main lines and branches within the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York, extending from Rotterdam Junction, N. Y., to Portland, Me., and from Springfield, Worcester, and Boston, Mass., northward through Wells ...
The railroad opened in 1840 to Exeter, New Hampshire, and on January 1, 1842, the two companies merged with the Boston and Portland to form a new Boston and Maine Railroad. Woodburytype of 0-4-0 Achilles , Baldwin Locomotive Works , 1871 1898 map Locomotive emerging from Salem station on the Eastern line, c. 1910 } Boston and Maine depot in ...