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The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad ( reporting mark BAR) was a United States railroad company that brought rail service to Aroostook County in northern Maine. Brightly-painted BAR boxcars attracted national attention in the 1950s. [ 1][ 2] First-generation diesel locomotives operated on BAR until they were museum pieces.
Bangor Old Town and Milford Railroad (B, O & M) is a defunct railroad and the first to be incorporated within the state of Maine, in the New England region of the Northeastern United States . Originally chartered in as the Old Town Railway in 1832 the railway began service between Bangor, Maine, and Old Town, Maine November 30, 1836, and was ...
The Maine Central Railroad ( reporting mark MEC) was a U. S. class 1 railroad [ 2] in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. By 1884, Maine Central was the longest railroad in New England. Maine Central had expanded to 1,358 miles (2,185 km) when the United States Railroad Administration assumed ...
Bangor Union Station. / 44.799; -68.767. Bangor Union Station was a passenger train station in Bangor, Maine. Long the state's second-largest railroad station, it was served by the Maine Central Railroad and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. In 1961, the railroads ended service to the station, which was then demolished to avoid an annual ...
The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) of northern Maine was at the northeastern tip of the United States rail network. Its location offered no bridge traffic between other railways, but required dependable service when winter weather made transportation difficult. Potato loadings peaked during winter months, and a fleet of ten-wheelers built ...
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad: BAR: 1904 1919 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad: Norway Branch Railroad: CN: 1879 Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad: MEC: 1852 1864 European and North American Railway: Orchard Beach Railroad: B&M: 1876 1893 Boston and Maine Railroad: Palmer and Machiasport Railroad: 1842 1845 Machiasport Railroad: Patten and Sherman ...
In the twilight years of railroad-operated rail passenger service, the Gull, State of Maine, and all passenger service on the Maine Central (Portland–Bangor) ceased in 1960. [4] The Lewiston service via the Maine Central was discontinued in the mid-1950s.
The Boston and Maine Railroad ( reporting mark BM) was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B&M operated 1,515 route-miles (2,438 km) on 2,481 miles (3,993 km) of track, not ...