User:Thogo/List of railroad companies operating in Maine
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Company pedigrees (Maine only)
[edit]This list of railroad companies operating in Maine is arranged as a collection of pedigrees that are themselves arranged chronologically after date of abandonment. Still existing companies are arranged alphabetically. The color of the row background is the brighter the deeper in the pedigree the company is situated.
Abbreviations in the "disbandment" column:
- A Abandonment of the railroad
- L Leased by another company (the one in brackets after the L), date of takeover is unknown
- Q Acquisition by another company (the one in brackets after the Q)
Company | Incorporated | Disbandment | Abbreviation | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
1870 | ? | never built | ||
~1874 | ? | never built | ||
1869 | ? | never built | ||
03/06/1868 | ? | never built, until 1871 "Portland and Rutland Railroad" | ||
~1870 | ? | never built | ||
1883 | 1890 A | cog railroad | ||
03/03/1842 | 1892 A | until 1843 "Franklin Railroad", until 02/28/1845 "Palmer and Machiasport Railroad, until 1872 "Machiasport Railroad" | ||
10/03/1889 | 1929 A | |||
08/10/1889 | 1934 A | until 1918 "George's Valley Railroad" | ||
01/30/1908 | 06/1935 A | SRRLR | 08/1911-1923 owned by MEC | |
07/01/1884 | 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR) | until 06/03/1897 "Franklin and Megantic Railroad" | ||
06/19/1893 | 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR) | |||
04/08/1879 | 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR) | |||
04/17/1889 | 07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR) | |||
04/29/1902 | 07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR) | subsidiary of P&RRR | ||
04/29/1903 | 08/24/1911 Q (SRRLR) | |||
11/01/1882 | 1943 A | |||
02/29/1864 | ? | |||
1949 | 1961 A | SERR | ||
1990 | 12/2000 A | MC | ||
? | ~ 2003 A | offered touristic trains from Montreal PQ to St. John NB via Greenville ME during summer 2002 | ||
1971 | - | AMTK | passenger traffic only | |
02/28/1862 | - | BML | regular service ended 06/09/2005, still operating as scenic railroad | |
02/15/1881 | - | CPR | all CPR roads in Maine abandoned or sold | |
05/15/1879 | 12/06/1886 L (CPR) | ANW | from 08/01/1883 leased by Ontario and Quebec Railway | |
1871 | 11/02/1886 Q (ANW) | until 1881 "Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad" | ||
07/02/1902 | 04/26/1996 A | AVR | from 1932 owned by CPR, but existed furtherly as separate company | |
1870 | 07/01/1890 L (CPR) | NBR | ||
1874 | 01/12/1878 L (NBR) | |||
1868 | 07/01/1882 L (NBR) | NBCR | ||
02/06/1867 | 07/01/1890 Q (CPR) | leased by NBCR from 06/28/1873 | ||
1994 | - | EMR | subsidiary of NBSR, bought road Brownville Junction ME–Vanceboro ME from CPR | |
11/01/2003 | - | ME | owned by Morristown and Erie Railway | |
1993 | - | - | 2 ft gauge museum track in Portland | |
01/09/2003 | - | MMA | owned by Rail World | |
? | - | CDAC | subsidiary of MMA, bought road St.-Jean PQ–Brownville Junction ME from CPR | |
1995 | 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) | IRR | ||
02/03/1891 | 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) | BAR | as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys. | |
03/05/1861 | 04/01/1899 Q (BAR) | B&P | 1873-1876 leased by E&NA, leased by BAR from 04/01/1892 | |
07/1897 | 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) | ANR | leased by BAR from 11/27/1887 | |
08/02/1881 | 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) | B&KIW | leased by B&P from 1887, leased by BAR from 04/01/1892 | |
10/17/1895 | 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) | P&S | ||
12/15/1902 | 07/1903 Q (BAR) | FRRR | leased by BAR from 12/15/1902 | |
1906 | 07/01/1907 Q (BAR) | SSRR | ||
12/01/1904 | 07/07/1907 L (BAR) | NMSRR | ||
01/30/1913 | 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) | VBB | subsidiary of BAR, as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys. | |
1985 | - | NHN | only ~1 mile of track is in Maine | |
1977 | - | PAR | until 03/2006 "Guilford Transportation" | |
10/28/1862 | 1981 Q (PAR) | MEC | owned by BM as of ~ 1900 | |
05/28/1845 | 10/28/1862 Q (MEC) | A&K | ||
04/07/1845 | 10/28/1862 Q (MEC) | leased by A&K from 11/30/1856 | ||
08/10/1848 | 11/16/1874 Q (MEC) | leased by MEC from 07/01/1871 | ||
04/01/1846 | 11/16/1874 Q (MEC) | P&K | until 01/01/1864 "Kennebec and Portland Railroad", leased by MEC from 05/12/1870 | |
08/10/1848 | 11/16/1874 Q (MEC) | leased by P&K from 1852, leased by MEC from 05/12/1870 | ||
08/20/1850 | 04/01/1882 Q (MEC) | E&NA | ||
08/02/1847 | 1863 Q (E&NA) | until 08/21/1850 "Bangor and Orono Railroad" | ||
03/08/1832 | 04/01/1880 Q (E&NA) | until 03/14/1855 "Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad" | ||
1871 | 05/01/1883 L (MEC) | EM | 12/12/1874-12/01/1876 leased by E&NA, until 02/01/1882 "Bucksport and Bangor Railroad" | |
03/04/1881 | 10/22/1888 Q (MEC) | leased by MEC from 07/16/1883 | ||
1868 | 02/20/1901 Q (MEC) | until 11/01/1891 "Knox and Lincoln Railroad", leased by MEC from 11/01/1891 | ||
07/24/1886 | 07/01/1911 Q (MEC) | |||
03/19/1860 | 07/01/1911 Q (MEC) | until 1883 "Somerset Railroad" | ||
1893 | 07/01/1911 Q (MEC) | WCR | until 12/18/1903 "Washington County Railroad" | |
03/20/1837 | 08/01/1898 Q (WCR) | SCPR | until 1839 "Calais and Baring Railway", until 1870 "Calais and Baring Railroad" (C&B) | |
02/17/1832 | 07/26/1849 Q (C&B) | |||
03/16/1855 | 1870 Q (SCPR) | |||
03/28/1907 | 11/27/1936 Q/A (MEC) | P&RF | leased by MEC from 05/01/1907 | |
06/22/1847 | 04/01/1907 Q (P&RF) | until 04/15/1857 "Buckfield Branch Railroad", until 03/03/1874 "Portland and Oxford Central Railroad", until 11/08/1890 "Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad" | ||
09/11/1894 | 04/01/1907 Q (P&RF) | |||
03/30/1853 | 12/27/1939 Q (MEC) | leased by MEC from 12/01/1868 | ||
10/24/1888 | 12/27/1939 Q (MEC) | leased by MEC from 12/13/1888 | ||
07/19/1881 | 09/1941 Q (MEC) | leased by MEC from 1911, until 06/15/1930 "Bridgton and Saco River Railroad" | ||
02/11/1867 | 1943 Q (MEC) | until 06/08/1886 "Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad", leased by MEC from 08/20/1888 | ||
06/27/1835 | 1983 Q (PAR) | BM | ||
04/14/1836 | 05/09/1890 Q (BM) | ER | ||
06/30/1865 | 1878 Q (ER) | PGFCR | leased by ER from 1873 | |
07/03/1841 | 1865 Q (PGFCR) | until 06/08/1848 "Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad" | ||
03/12/1839 | 01/01/1842 Q (BM) | |||
02/01/1883 | 1887 Q (BM) | |||
02/07/1876 | 1893 Q (BM) | |||
1865 | 01/01/1900 Q (BM) | P&RRR | ||
07/30/1846 | 1865 Q (P&RRR) | |||
03/14/1837 | 1900 Q (BM) | PSPR | leased by both BM and ER from 04/28/1847, leased by BM alone from 12/23/1883 | |
08/16/1882 | 1919 Q (BM) | leased by BM from 05/15/1883 | ||
02/15/1887 | ~ 1983 Q (PAR) | PT | until 03/23/1911 "Portland Union Railroad Station Company", from 1933 leased by both BM and MEC | |
? | - | SLR | until 01/20/1923 part of the GTR, owned by CNR | |
02/10/1845 | 07/01/1853 L (GTR) | |||
02/19/1872 | 03/25/1874 L (GTR) | |||
04/23/1879 | 05/01/1880 L (GTR) | |||
? | - | TI | terminal rr. in Portland, until 2003 "Turners Island Railroad" | |
04/15/1854 | - | WW&F | until 1873 "Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad", until 1876 "Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad", until 03/29/1901 "Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad", until 1907 "Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad", regular service ended 06/15/1933, museum track opened in 2002 | |
1897 | 03/29/1901 Q (WW&F) | construction started, but was never completed | ||
1890 | 03/29/1901 Q (WW&F) |
Alphabetical list of railroad companies in Maine
[edit]The following list contains railroad companies including the renamed ones that ever operated, planned to operate or are actually operating railroad traffic in Maine. Street railways are excluded.
- Acadian Railway
- Amtrak
- Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
- Androscoggin Railroad
- Aroostook Northern Railroad
- Aroostook River Railroad
- Aroostook Valley Railroad
- Atlantic and North West Railway
- Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
- Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad
- Bangor and Orono Railroad
- Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad
- Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
- Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad
- Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Bridgton and Harrison Railway
- Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
- Buckfield Branch Railroad
- Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
- Calais and Baring Railroad
- Calais and Baring Railway
- Calais Railroad
- Canadian American Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Dexter and Newport Railroad
- Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
- Eastern Maine Railway I (inc. 1882)
- Eastern Maine Railway II (inc. 1994)
- Eastern Railroad
- European and North American Railway
- Eustis Railroad
- Fish River Railroad
- Franklin and Megantic Railroad
- Franklin and Megantic Railway
- Franklin Railroad
- Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
- George's Valley Railroad
- Grand Trunk Railway
- Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad
- Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad
- Green Mountain Railway
- Guilford Transportation
- Houlton Branch Railroad
- International Railway of Maine
- Iron Road Railways
- Kennebec and Portland Railroad
- Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad
- Kennebec Central Railroad
- Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad
- Kingfield and Dead River Railroad
- Knox and Lincoln Railroad
- Knox and Lincoln Railway
- Knox Railroad
- Lewey's Island Railroad
- Lewiston and Auburn Branch Railroad
- Lime Rock Railroad
- Machiasport Railroad
- Madrid Railroad
- Maine Central Railroad
- Maine Coast Railroad
- Maine Eastern Railroad
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
- Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
- Maine Shore Line Railroad
- Monson Railroad
- Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
- New Brunswick and Canada Railway
- New Brunswick Railway
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
- Northern Aroostook Railroad
- Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
- Norway Branch Railroad
- Orchard Beach Railroad
- Palmer and Machiasport Railroad
- Pan Am Railways
- Patten and Sherman Railroad
- Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
- Penobscot Bay and River Railroad
- Penobscot Railroad
- Penobscot River Railroad
- Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
- Portland and Kennebec Railroad
- Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
- Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
- Portland and Oxford Central Railroad
- Portland and Rochester Railroad
- Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
- Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
- Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
- Portland Terminal
- Portland Union Railroad Station Company
- Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
- Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad
- Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
- St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
- Sandy River Railroad
- Sanford and Eastern Railroad
- Schoodic Stream Railroad
- Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad
- Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
- Somerset Railroad
- Somerset Railway
- Turners Island LLC
- Turners Island Railroad
- Van Buren Bridge Company
- Washington County Railroad
- Washington County Railway
- Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad
- Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad
- Winterport Railroad
- Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad
- Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
- York and Cumberland Railroad of Maine
- York Harbor and Beach Railroad
Literature
[edit]- George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads 2. Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
- Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide 5. Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9
- Robert L. MacDonald: Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads. Arcadia Publishing, 2003, ISBN 073851179X.
Weblinks
[edit]Actual railroad companies
[edit]- Amtrak
- Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR
- Maine Eastern RR
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
- Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Ry.
- New Brunswick Southern Ry.
- Pan Am Railways
- Turners Island LLC
- Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Ry. Museum