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Joe Bradeen bought the last passenger train ticket in Brownville Junction just before midnight on November 15, 1981, from Trudy Baird. He bought a seat to Montreal aboard the train that ran from Halifax to Montreal and that was being discontinued by the Canadian Transport Commission.
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About This Item
- Title: Final train ticket, Brownville Junction, 1981
- Creator: UPI
- Creation Date: 1981-11-15
- Subject Date: 1981-11-15
- Location: Brownville Junction, Piscataquis County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 5/5
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Baird, Trudy--Photographs
- Bradeen, Joseph--Photographs
- Railroad stations--Maine--Brownville Junction
- Railroads---Maine--History
- Ticket offices--Maine--Brownville Junction
- Tickets
- VIA Rail Canada
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