Keywords: rail travel
Item 21729
Train Number 1 for Green Mountain Rail Road, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 21722
Green Mountain Rail Road track, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
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
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"… Railroad Company operated horse-drawn cars on rails that ran through Scarborough and other area towns."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"By 1959, rail freight revenues were sufficient enough to offset losses in passenger numbers and passenger service was terminated."
Story
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
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.
