Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The car was powered by a small, locomotive engine. They drove it to Augusta and back to the McClench Machine Shop in Hallowell to be dismantled and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"In July of 1945, two diesel locomotives replaced the two electric ones. The last freight run was made in April of 1996."

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

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Suspected to have started from a spark from a locomotive on the nearby narrow gauge railroad—fire broke loose on Pleasant Street on October 22, 1886."

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."