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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.
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 Railroad: MEC: 1881 1888 Maine Central ...
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The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of the State of Maine on February 13, 1891, and was organized on March 14, 1891. By special acts dated February 28 and March 5, 1891, the carrier was given the right to purchase or lease the railroad of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company, including the latter company's leased property, and the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway ...
[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.
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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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 ...