Keywords: Locomotive
Item 5911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884 Media: Albumen print
Item 8639
Locomotive, Wiscasset engine house, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Wiscasset; Portland; Wiscasset; Portland Media: Photoprint
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.
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.
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."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"The car was powered by a small, locomotive engine. They drove it to Augusta and back to the McClench Machine Shop in Hallowell to be dismantled and…"
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.
