Maine Memory Network

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… Speedway at the corner of Holmes Road and Two Rod Road was built in 1949 on the site of an old horse track."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… north of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh. It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park."

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Danielle, grade 6 Scarborough High School Track Team, 1921Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough School System's extra…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"There is also a lunch account to help keep track of your lunch purchases, which is around a dollar for any item."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"(Chair rail was known bullhead rail and the “chair” held the rail to the ties.) The railroad operated six locomotives, two carriages for passengers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… Railway Lithograph of Green Mountain Rail Road TrainGreat Harbor Maritime Museum In the 1880s railways were one of the most popular modes of…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"The rail ran from Bangor, went north to Houlton, and then to the border of Canada at New Brunswick. The rail continued north to Madawaska, running…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Many of these damages occurred along the rail line, interrupting the only rail link between Vanceboro and Bangor."