List of Maine railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maine.

Common freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

Maine train stations
Legend
Rockland*
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*Former/Planned
Brunswick
Freeport
Portland
Old Orchard Beach
Seasonal
Saco
Wells

Two foot gauge railways[]

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[a] From To Successor Notes
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
Passenger carriers
Electric
Not completed

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  1. ^ "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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