Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"The train also transported forest products and potatoes. Potato traffic hit an all-time high in 1930. The railroad hauled 899,300 tons of potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"On November 25, 1957, four busses replaced two trains (No. 2 and No. 7) that provided commuter service to the region."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The passenger station was located on Riverside Drive in the building most recently occupied by the Red Cross."

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

"Trains ran three times daily and the fare was 37 cents one-way. Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The passenger station was located on the corner of what is now Riverside Drive and State Street along the edge of the Prestile Stream."

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

"Passenger service was reinstituted recently with the advent of Amtrak’s Downeaster service between Boston and Portland."

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

"Trolleys carried both passengers and freight. Relatively open passenger cars were used during summer months, and closed cars were used during the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"He took flying lessons, flew a 44 passenger aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane."

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

"Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued. X The last big change in crossing the Kennebec River happened in 2000 with…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The passenger rail first went from Old Town to Lincoln, and was later expanded to Bangor. The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town…"

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

"High school students would ride the passenger train to attend high school in nearby Caribou. The booming businesses in Stockholm relied on the train…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… from the wharf would occasionally transfer passengers from one place to the other or transfer goods like food or ice to other states."

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

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

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The train continued a daily trip to Farmington to collect milk and cream at the creamery in West Farmington until the 1970s."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or by carriage."

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."

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

"The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad began delivering mail. The train delivering mail got the mail to and from places quicker than foot or other terms…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… House was built in 1847 to hold steamboat passengers. The Penobscot House was a hotel located in Lincoln Center and was a stopping point for people…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Also, the train station, vacant since the end of passenger service in 1959, changed ownership when BIW gave it to the city in 1971 with the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"In addition to passenger service, including monthly commuter ticket-holders, the line allowed West Cumberland’s farmers to ship their milk and farm…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… and family after 1796 and catered to stagecoach passengers, drovers, and peddlers. Horses were cared for in the taverns' stables."