Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Train Crossing the Aroostook River Bridge, Presque Isle, c. 1990

"… Aroostook Railroad engine 82, a GP-38, hauling a freight train over the Aroostook River Bridge. View additional information about this item on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

"Flat Car #20 is loaded with people in front of freight car #52, which is partially in the car barn. Car #52 now is at Seashore Trolley Museum in…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Cumberland Freight List This is the original freight list for the S.S. Cumberland's first voyage from Boston to Lubec."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… built station served as a passenger station and freight depot for eighteen years until Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) shut down its passenger…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The railroad often stored the freight in the winter. At one time, the AVR had 63, 50 foot warehouses served by the tracks."

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

"… & Museum As trains transported people and freight to Portland, Boston and beyond, the trolleys provided easy mobility within the Greater Portland…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Another one of the freight cars catapulted through the large window at the west end of the granite building."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"It is still used as a freight railroad, but doesn’t carry passengers. X Sources: 125th Birthday Committee Presents City of Presque Isle 125th…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"All freight went to the same places as the fares listed above, but the freight amounts ranged from $5.50 to $1.50."

Monmouth Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"The steamer was intended as a freight vessel, so there were no sleeping accommodations -- and insufficient food."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along the Penobscot, and made trips to Boston when necessary."

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

"… sixty-five trains a day brought passengers and freight in and out of Portland, many through Scarborough."

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

"To catch a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along the Penobscot from making trips to Boston when necessary."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… and the Westport, made their final runs and freight and passenger service to and from Islesboro ended. Red Wing Scow, Islesboro, ca."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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

"… for passengers, a baggage car, and a number of freight cars. The first locomotive was the “Pioneer”."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along the Penobscot from making trips to Boston when necessary."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… carried 70,000 passengers and 70,000 tons of freight. Farms were an important role in the town’s growth and prosperity."

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…"

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."