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…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Train Wreck Of 1937 Train Wreck, Hubbard Free Library, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library On November 10, 1937, a train hopped the tracks…"

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Freight service consisted on one train a day every day covering the entire route. Trains frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter…"

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

"The first locomotive was the “Pioneer”. The line transported laths, shingles, clapboards, and lumber in addition to passengers. Trains ran three…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Although its primary purpose was to transport freight and goods, the Aroostook Valley Railway boasted a small passenger service."

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."

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…"

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…"

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."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Passenger and freight train traffic increased enough to justify the building of the 1941 MCRR station."

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

"… will soon be under cover, and passenger and freight trains will within a few weeks bring to our door fresh evidence of the energy and enterprise of…"

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."

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."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at Lincoln about quarter…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He settled in California where he transported freight up the Sacramento River. At some point, he came back to Farmington where he settled in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Portland quickly sent fire-fighting equipment on freight trains, which proved the salvation of the community."