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The Maine legislature authorized the sale of the railroad in 1847 and on November 1, 1849, it was sold (at a considerable loss) to a new company for only $60,000. At this time the track was re-laid with heavier “chair” or “bull-head” rail and a single span of a planned bridge to Milford, to the north, was constructed.
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: Maine Central Railroad: MEC MEC 1862 Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway: Maine Coast Railroad: MC 1990 2000 Safe Handling Rail, Inc. Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad: B&M: 1836 1844 Boston and Maine Railroad: Maine Shore Line ...
The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately 112 miles (180 km) of track in Franklin County, Maine. The former equipment from the SR&RL continues to operate in the present day on a revived, short segment of the railway in Phillips, Maine .
Boston and Maine Railroad; C. Canadian National Railway; CSX Transportation; E. Eastern Maine Railway (1995) L. Lewiston and Auburn Railroad; M. Maine Northern Railway;
The charter allowed for the building of an electric railroad from Biddeford, through the towns of Kennebunkport and Wells, to York Beach. [1] In October 1899, articles of association were filed for the Atlantic Shore Line Railway by a group which included officers of the Mousam River Railroad and the Sanford & Cape Porpoise Railway.
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[1] [2] First-generation diesel locomotives operated on BAR until they were museum pieces. The economic downturn of the 1980s, coupled with the departure of heavy industry from northern Maine, forced the railroad to seek a buyer and end operations in 2003. It was succeeded by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.
Became Maine Central Railroad #105 in 1888 when the P&O was leased to the Maine Central. Traded in 1896 for S&M’s First number 2 and became their Second number 2. Scrapped by 1901. 3rd #2, Hinkley Locomotive Works 4-4-0 Built at an unknown date. Purchased used by the Somerset Railroad in 1888 as their Second number 2. Sold to the S&M in 1901 ...