Maine Memory Network

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

"Most of the freight cars traveled over the Saco Division to Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford where there was a shed for interchange with the Atlantic…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

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

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 - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The cars measured 56 ½ feet in length and were originally manufactured by Wason Manufacturing in 1912."

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."

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."

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

"… cars, 25 baggage, mail or express cars, 645 box cars, 474 platform cars, and 40 service cars). The company either owned or leased almost 355 miles…"

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…"

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…"

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… steamboats were used to transport passengers and freight to the island. Wharves were built at several points on the island for the convenience of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The last freight run was made in April of 1996. The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."