Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Relatively open passenger cars were used during summer months, and closed cars were used during the remaining months."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"It could carry four passenger cars. Governor Brann Ferry, aerial view, ca. 1950Islesboro Historical Society The first public ferry boat, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… of Rockland and the Hercules, could only carry passenger and freight cars. The Fernando Gorges, which operated from 1909 to 1927, could also carry…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Passenger service was reinstituted recently with the advent of Amtrak’s Downeaster service between Boston and Portland."

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

"… the Central owned 58 locomotives, 1,119 cars (25 passenger cars, 25 baggage, mail or express cars, 645 box cars, 474 platform cars, and 40 service…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"It is written that in the early 1890’s, “one car Royal Gem, one car Taylor’s Fancy Patent, just received direct form the mills and to be sold very…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… “The Special train for the accommodation of passengers to the State Fair returned safe from the Centre Village Tuesday morning with two passengers…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"The Seawind carried passengers and freight, and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"It could only hold a certain amount of passengers and weight. You could take cars on the ferry, but only a few due to the weight."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains. Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service. Piscataquis area schools formed in the name of Piscataquis Community School…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or by carriage."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"(Lee) McCorison. It fit four passenger cars and crossed the bay in a half hour. The scow transported the first locally owned car to leave the island…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… R.R.’s property and removed the 19th-century passenger station. Maine Central Railroad then contracted for replacing that station in 1941 with a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… and family after 1796 and catered to stagecoach passengers, drovers, and peddlers. Horses were cared for in the taverns' stables."