List of Maine railroads
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maine.
Common freight carriers[]
- Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) (Rail Acquisition Holdings)
- Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY) (Owned by New Brunswick Southern Railway)
- Operates Woodland Rail, LLC
- Maine Northern Railway (MNRY) (Owned by New Brunswick Southern Railway)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR) (Genesee and Wyoming)
- (TI)
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway (BML)
- Downeast Scenic Railroad (DSRX)
- Seashore Trolley Museum
Two foot gauge railways[]
- Boothbay Railway Village (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge)
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge)
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge)
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge)
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[a] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Androscoggin Railroad | MEC | 1848 | 1911 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad | MEC | 1845 | 1862 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
BAR | 1897 | 1901 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | |||
CP | 1873 | 1989 | N/A | |||
Aroostook Valley Railroad | AVL | 1902 | 1996 | N/A | Electric until 1946 | |
CP | 1886 | 1994 | Canadian American Railroad | |||
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad | CN | 1845 | 1960 | Canadian National Railway | ||
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | BAR | BAR | 1891 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | |
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway | BAR | 1881 | 1901 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | ||
MEC | 1855 | 1870 | European and North American Railway | |||
MEC | 1847 | 1850 | ||||
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad | BAR | 1861 | 1899 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | ||
MEC | 1833 | 1855 | ||||
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad | BML | MEC | 1868 | 2001 | N/A | Continues as a tourist railroad[1] |
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway | MEC | 1867 | 1868 | Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad | ||
Boston and Maine Corporation | BM | B&M | 1963 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
Boston and Maine Railroad | B&M, BM | B&M | 1844 | 1964 | Boston and Maine Corporation | |
Bridgton and Harrison Railway | 1927 | 1941 | N/A | |||
Bridgton and Saco River Railroad | MEC | 1881 | 1930 | Bridgton and Harrison Railway | ||
Buckfield Branch Railroad | MEC | 1847 | 1863 | Portland and Oxford Central Railroad | ||
Bucksport and Bangor Railroad | MEC | 1873 | 1882 | |||
Calais Railroad | MEC | 1838 | 1849 | Calais and Baring Railroad | ||
Calais Railway | MEC | 1832 | 1838 | Calais Railroad | ||
Calais and Baring Railroad | MEC | 1849 | 1870 | St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad | ||
Canadian American Railroad | CDAC | 1994 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | ||
Canadian Atlantic Railway | CP | 1988 | 1994 | Canadian American Railroad, Eastern Maine Railway | ||
Canadian National Railway | CN | CN | 1923 | 1989 | St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad | |
Canadian Pacific Railway | CP | CP | 1886 | 1988 | Canadian Atlantic Railway | |
Consolidated European and North American Railway | MEC | 1872 | 1880 | European and North American Railway | ||
Dexter and Newport Railroad | MEC | 1853 | 1939 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad | MEC | 1888 | 1939 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Eastern Railroad | B&M | 1847 | 1890 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
MEC | 1882 | 1936 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
European and North American Railway | MEC | 1880 | 1955 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
European and North American Railway | MEC | 1850 | 1872 | Consolidated European and North American Railway | ||
Eustis Railroad | MEC | 1903 | 1911 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
BAR | 1901 | 1903 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | |||
Franklin and Megantic Railroad | MEC | 1884 | 1897 | Franklin and Megantic Railway | ||
Franklin and Megantic Railway | MEC | 1897 | 1908 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
1897 | 1901 | Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad | ||||
1889 | 1919 | |||||
Grand Trunk Railway | GT | CN | 1853 | 1923 | Canadian National Railway | |
B&M | 1841 | 1865 | Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad | |||
CP | 1867 | 1989 | N/A | |||
International Railway of Maine | CP | 1881 | 1886 | |||
Kennebec Central Railroad | 1889 | 1929 | N/A | |||
MEC | 1836 | 1864 | ||||
MEC | 1903 | 1904 | ||||
1854 | 1873 | |||||
B&M | 1882 | 1919 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
Kingfield and Dead River Railroad | MEC | 1893 | 1897 | Kingfield and Dead River Railway | ||
Kingfield and Dead River Railway | MEC | 1897 | 1908 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
1919 | 1932 | N/A | ||||
Knox and Lincoln Railroad | MEC | 1864 | 1890 | |||
Knox and Lincoln Railway | MEC | 1891 | 1901 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
MEC | 1865 | 1874 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad | CN | 1872 | ||||
Lewy's Island Railroad | MEC | 1854 | 1870 | St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad | ||
1864 | 1942 | N/A | ||||
1845 | 1872 | |||||
Madrid Railroad | MEC | 1902 | 1908 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
Maine Central Railroad | MEC | MEC | 1862 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
Maine Coast Railroad | MC | 1990 | 2000 | |||
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad | B&M | 1836 | 1844 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
MEC | 1881 | 1888 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
Monson Railroad | 1885 | 1943 | N/A | |||
Monson and Athens Railroad | 1881 | 1885 | Monson Railroad | |||
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | MMA | MMA | 2002 | 2004 | Central Maine and Quebec Railway | Went bankrupt following the Lac-Mégantic derailment |
New Brunswick Railway | CP | 1878 | 1890 | Canadian Pacific Railway | ||
CP | 1870 | 1882 | New Brunswick Railway | |||
BAR | 1904 | 1919 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | |||
CN | 1879 | |||||
MEC | 1852 | 1864 | European and North American Railway | |||
B&M | 1876 | 1893 | Boston and Maine Railroad | |||
1842 | 1845 | |||||
BAR | 1895 | 1901 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | |||
MEC | 1853 | 1863 | European and North American Railway | |||
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad | MEC | 1845 | 1862 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad | CP | 1871 | 1881 | International Railway of Maine | ||
MEC | 1849 | 1864 | Knox and Lincoln Railroad | |||
MEC | 1889 | 1891 | Knox and Lincoln Railway | |||
MEC | 1870 | 1873 | Bucksport and Bangor Railroad | |||
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad | MEC | 1889 | 1908 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
MEC | 1862 | 1874 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad | MEC | 1867 | 1887 | Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | ||
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway | MEC | 1886 | 1943 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Portland and Oxford Central Railroad | MEC | 1857 | 1896 | Portland and Rumford Falls Railway | ||
Portland and Rochester Railroad | B&M | 1864 | 1900 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
MEC | 1907 | 1946 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway | MEC | 1890 | 1946 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad | B&M | 1837 | 1900 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
Portland Terminal Company | PTM | MEC | 1911 | Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway | ||
MEC | 1887 | 1911 | Portland Terminal Company | |||
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad | B&M | 1865 | 1890 | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||
MEC | 1909 | 1914 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
1886 | 1896 | N/A | ||||
Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad | MEC | 1874 | 1896 | Portland and Rumford Falls Railway | ||
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | MEC | 1894 | 1936 | N/A | ||
2000 | 2003 | Maine Eastern Railroad | ||||
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad | MEC | 1870 | 1899 | Washington County Railroad | ||
Sandy River Railroad | MEC | 1879 | 1908 | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | ||
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad | MEC | 1908 | 1935 | N/A | ||
Sanford and Eastern Railroad | 1949 | 1961 | N/A | |||
BAR | 1906 | 1907 | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | |||
Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad | MEC | 1886 | 1910 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
Somerset Railroad | MEC | 1860 | 1883 | |||
MEC | 1904 | 1911 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
MEC | 1883 | 1904 | ||||
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad | MEC | 1848 | 1874 | Maine Central Railroad | ||
VB | BAR | 1913 | 2003 | Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway | ||
Washington County Railroad | MEC | 1893 | 1903 | |||
MEC | 1903 | 1911 | Maine Central Railroad | |||
1895 | 1901 | Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad | ||||
1872 | 1892 | N/A | ||||
1873 | 1876 | Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad | ||||
Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad | 1876 | 1901 | Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad | |||
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad | 1901 | 1906 | Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway | |||
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway | 1907 | 1933 | N/A | |||
York and Cumberland Railroad | B&M | 1846 | 1865 | Portland and Rochester Railroad | ||
B&M | 1883 | 1927 | N/A |
- Private carriers
- Bald Mountain Railroad
- Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad
- Ray Lumber Company
- Seboomook Lake and Saint John Railroad
- Wild River Railroad
- Passenger carriers
- Electric
- Androscoggin Electric Company
- Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVL)
- Atlantic Shore Line Railway
- Bangor Railway and Electric Company
- Portland, Gray and Lewiston Railroad
- Portland–Lewiston Interurban
- Not completed
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
Notes[]
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References[]
- ^ "Page Redirection". Belfastandmooseheadlakerail.org. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
Bibliography[]
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Maine (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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