Maine Memory Network

Green Mountain Railway Pass, 1887

Contributed by: Acadia National Park Date: 1887 Location: Eden; Bar Harbor Media: Paper and Ink

Atlantic Shoreline Railway route, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Postcard

80-84 Cross Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: American Railway Express Co. Use: Stable

84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadien National Railway Use: Gear House

Cape Cottage Casino for P. & C.E. Railway, Cape Elizabeth, 1898-1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898–1899 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Portland & Cape Elizabeth Railway Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine

The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Clerque chose a cog railway, like the one used on Mount Washington, and had railway tracks built from Eagle Lake to the summit of Green Mountain."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"A Man's Life in a Suitcase John Edward Barry, Mexico, 1939 Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

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.

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021