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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Maine railroads" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The railroad was to be standard gauge (4’-8 1 ⁄ 2 ”) and 11 miles long, running from the wharves of Bangor, along Harlow and Exchange Streets and out Stillwater Avenue to Old Town. [2] Detail of map of the City of Bangor, ME, 1853, showing location of terminus of B.& P. R.R. The initial rails were of strap-iron laid on wood rails and ...
The Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad in about 1855 built a 3.0-mile (4.8 km) spur line from the PS&P at this point to join with the B&M at Great Falls, and established its headquarters here, which became known as Conway Junction because the Great Falls and South Berwick connected near here to the Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway ...
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad roundhouse, Millinocket, Maine; Roundhouse, Northern Maine Junction, Maine; Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad roundhouse, Phillips, Maine; Rockland Turntable and Engine House, a roundhouse of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Rockland, ME, NRHP-listed; Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Rumford, Maine
The first major expansion occurred in late 1955 and early 1956, when the Society purchased land near the Biddeford city line along U.S. Route 1. [4] In the summer of 1956, the Seashore Electric Railway began passenger operations on weekends over its 1 ⁄ 4 -mile-long (0.40 km) track.
[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.