Maine Memory Network

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"On the extreme right, the railroad tracks can be seen on West Broadway. Left of the tracks, the white house with the big set of barns is what is now…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"… Sumter, the Union and Journal, out of Biddeford, tracked the secession of Southern states. As portrayed in the Union and Journal, Northerners…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Spikes are the things that hold the railroad track together. The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over."

East Grand School

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… the one used on Mount Washington, and had railway tracks built from Eagle Lake to the summit of Green Mountain."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks, slammed in to the Hubbard Free Library and caused a lot of damage to the library."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Snow removal from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain speed, and try to move forward again."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The siding on railroad tracks is a bit of track on the side of the road. It is used for boxcars that are waiting to be loaded."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… this time, Nelson raced one mile on the half-mile track in 2:15.5, a world record for a half-mile track at the time."

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

"… a bridge across the Penobscot and extended the tracks to Milford. At this time General Veazie renamed it the Bangor, Old Town and Milford."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Hallowell city's train tracks were swept away leaving no train transportation for many people and cargo."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"They used pieces of wood for fire and to rebuild the buildings that were damaged. The people of Hallowell were soon back on track."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"It consisted of a double wooden track running from behind the school down to and across the brook; the little cars ran by gravity."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… its maiden run down the twelve mile stretch of track from Bangor to Hampden. The Railway Company also leased ten acres of land in Hampden and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"… collect the tickets so that the farmer could keep track of the number of barrels picked by each picker."

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

"… & Maine and refused to allow its cars use of the tracks. Conductors of through trains were instructed to connect with the Boston & Maine cars at…"

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

"… former Bangor railroads the were attached to the track. The rail ran from Bangor, went north to Houlton, and then to the border of Canada at New…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"It took a while to track down a translation. Finally, Art Dimopoulos, Executive Director of the National Hellenic Society, gave the translation and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… the AVR had 63, 50 foot warehouses served by the tracks. Presque Isle Historical Society The line originally ran 10.8 miles from Presque Isle…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… to the family homestead and has become active in tracking down the many unidentified people and unknown locations in Society’s archived photos."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"However, the good news is that Buckfield people always persevere and will figure out a way to get this town back on track."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… hockey, boys and girls basketball, gymnastic and track teams. Even thought they had other sports, the winter ones came out on the top."