Keywords: Freight cars
Item 25076
C.C.P. & L Co. Freight Service, ca. 1939
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1939 Media: Postcard
Item 14515
Checking a Railroad Car Wheel Replacement, Derby, 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Derby Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939
"Flat Car #20 is loaded with people in front of freight car #52, which is partially in the car barn. Car #52 now is at Seashore Trolley Museum in…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"Most of the freight cars traveled over the Saco Division to Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford where there was a shed for interchange with the Atlantic…"
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.
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
