Keywords: American Locomotive Company
Item 14811
Bangor and Aroostook engine 100, 1929
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1929 Media: Photographic print
Item 13273
Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Maine
With the popularity of all things Irish in modern America, many people have forgotten the difficulties faced by nineteenth century Irish immigrants.
Exhibit
J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"The first locomotive was the “Pioneer”. The line transported laths, shingles, clapboards, and lumber in addition to passengers."
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
