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The Downeaster is a 145-mile (233 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak and managed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), an agency of the state of Maine. Named for the Down East region of Maine, the train operates five daily round trips between North Station in Boston , Massachusetts, and Brunswick, Maine ...
Corridor as designated by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Northern New England Corridor is one of ten federally designated higher-speed rail corridors in the United States. The proposed 489-mile (787 km) corridor would have allowed passenger trains to travel from Boston, Massachusetts, to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in about 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ...
The final New England state without a railroad, Vermont, gained its first when the Vermont Central Railroad was chartered in 1843. [12] In the year 1850, no less than half of the railroad mileage in the United States was within New England. [13] Entering the second half of the 19th century, many smaller companies merged or were absorbed by others.
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad: MIDH New Hope Railroad: NHRR Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad: NBER Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad: PN Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad: POHC Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad: RBMN Shamokin Valley Railroad: SVRR Strasburg Rail Road: SRC Tyburn Railroad: TYBR
Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR) is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation that operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York. [1] Pan Am Railways is primarily made up of former Class II regional railroads such as Boston and Maine Corporation , Maine Central Railroad Company ...
Bangor and Aroostook RR in Color. Morning Sun Books. ISBN 1-58248-134-2. Johnson, Ron (1983). Bangor & Aroostook Railroad From Potatoes to Pulp and Paper. Portland, ME: Portland Litho. Sweetland, David R. (1994). Northern New England Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. Morning Sun Books. ISBN 1-878887-36-4.
The New England Central Railroad main line runs from New London, Connecticut, to Alburgh, Vermont, at the Canada–US border, a distance of 366 miles (589 km). [1] Several short branch lines bring the company's total trackage to 384 miles. [2] Primary sources of traffic include lumber, metals, chemicals, and crushed stone.
New England Express: Pennsylvania Railroad–New Haven Railroad: Pittsburgh–Boston [1925] 1920–1930 New England Express: Amtrak: New York City–Boston [1991] 1991–1995 New England Express: Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway: Boston, Massachusetts–Montreal, Quebec [1903] 1903–1910 New England Special: New York Central and its ...