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Company pedigrees (Maine only)

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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

Northern Aroostook Railroad

1870 ? never built

Penobscot Bay and River Railroad

~1874 ? never built

Penobscot River Railroad

1869 ? never built

Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad

03/06/1868 ? never built,
until 1871 "Portland and Rutland Railroad"

Winterport Railroad

~1870 ? never built

Green Mountain Railway

1883 1890 A cog railroad

Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad

03/03/1842 1892 A until 1843 "Franklin Railroad",
until 02/28/1845 "Palmer and Machiasport Railroad,
until 1872 "Machiasport Railroad"

Kennebec Central Railroad

10/03/1889 1929 A

Knox Railroad

08/10/1889 1934 A until 1918 "George's Valley Railroad"

Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

01/30/1908 06/1935 A SRRLR 08/1911-1923 owned by MEC
Franklin and Megantic Railway
07/01/1884 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR) until 06/03/1897 "Franklin and Megantic Railroad"
Kingfield and Dead River Railroad
06/19/1893 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Sandy River Railroad
04/08/1879 01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
04/17/1889 07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Madrid Railroad
04/29/1902 07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR) subsidiary of P&RRR
Eustis Railroad
04/29/1903 08/24/1911 Q (SRRLR)

Monson Railroad

11/01/1882 1943 A

Lime Rock Railroad

02/29/1864 ?

Sanford and Eastern Railroad

1949 1961 A SERR

Maine Coast Railroad

1990 12/2000 A MC

Acadian Railway

? ~ 2003 A offered touristic trains from Montreal PQ to St. John NB via Greenville ME during summer 2002

Amtrak

1971 - AMTK passenger traffic only

Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad

02/28/1862 - BML regular service ended 06/09/2005,
still operating as scenic railroad

Canadian Pacific Railway

02/15/1881 - CPR all CPR roads in Maine abandoned or sold
Atlantic and North West Railway
05/15/1879 12/06/1886 L (CPR) ANW from 08/01/1883 leased by Ontario and Quebec Railway
International Railway of Maine
1871 11/02/1886 Q (ANW) until 1881 "Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad"
Aroostook Valley Railroad
07/02/1902 04/26/1996 A AVR from 1932 owned by CPR, but existed furtherly as separate company
New Brunswick Railway
1870 07/01/1890 L (CPR) NBR
Aroostook River Railroad
1874 01/12/1878 L (NBR)
New Brunswick and Canada Railway
1868 07/01/1882 L (NBR) NBCR
Houlton Branch Railroad
02/06/1867 07/01/1890 Q (CPR) leased by NBCR from 06/28/1873

Eastern Maine Railway II

1994 - EMR subsidiary of NBSR, bought road Brownville Junction MEVanceboro ME from CPR

Maine Eastern Railroad

11/01/2003 - ME owned by Morristown and Erie Railway

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum

1993 - - 2 ft gauge museum track in Portland

Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway

01/09/2003 - MMA owned by Rail World
Canadian American Railway
? - CDAC subsidiary of MMA, bought road St.-Jean PQBrownville Junction ME from CPR
Iron Road Railways
1995 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) IRR
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
02/03/1891 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) BAR as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys.
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
03/05/1861 04/01/1899 Q (BAR) B&P 1873-1876 leased by E&NA,
leased by BAR from 04/01/1892
Aroostook Northern Railroad
07/1897 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) ANR leased by BAR from 11/27/1887
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad
08/02/1881 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) B&KIW leased by B&P from 1887,
leased by BAR from 04/01/1892
Patten and Sherman Railroad
10/17/1895 07/01/1901 Q (BAR) P&S
Fish River Railroad
12/15/1902 07/1903 Q (BAR) FRRR leased by BAR from 12/15/1902
Schoodic Stream Railroad
1906 07/01/1907 Q (BAR) SSRR
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
12/01/1904 07/07/1907 L (BAR) NMSRR
Van Buren Bridge Company
01/30/1913 01/09/2003 Q (MMA) VBB subsidiary of BAR,
as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys.

New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation

1985 - NHN only ~1 mile of track is in Maine

Pan Am Railways

1977 - PAR until 03/2006 "Guilford Transportation"
Maine Central Railroad
10/28/1862 1981 Q (PAR) MEC owned by BM as of ~ 1900
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
05/28/1845 10/28/1862 Q (MEC) A&K
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
04/07/1845 10/28/1862 Q (MEC) leased by A&K from 11/30/1856
Androscoggin Railroad
08/10/1848 11/16/1874 Q (MEC) leased by MEC from 07/01/1871
Portland and Kennebec Railroad
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
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
08/10/1848 11/16/1874 Q (MEC) leased by P&K from 1852,
leased by MEC from 05/12/1870
European and North American Railway
08/20/1850 04/01/1882 Q (MEC) E&NA
Penobscot Railroad
08/02/1847 1863 Q (E&NA) until 08/21/1850 "Bangor and Orono Railroad"
Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad
03/08/1832 04/01/1880 Q (E&NA) until 03/14/1855 "Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad"
Eastern Maine Railway I
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"
Maine Shore Line Railroad
03/04/1881 10/22/1888 Q (MEC) leased by MEC from 07/16/1883
Knox and Lincoln Railway
1868 02/20/1901 Q (MEC) until 11/01/1891 "Knox and Lincoln Railroad",
leased by MEC from 11/01/1891
Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad
07/24/1886 07/01/1911 Q (MEC)
Somerset Railway
03/19/1860 07/01/1911 Q (MEC) until 1883 "Somerset Railroad"
Washington County Railway
1893 07/01/1911 Q (MEC) WCR until 12/18/1903 "Washington County Railroad"
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
03/20/1837 08/01/1898 Q (WCR) SCPR until 1839 "Calais and Baring Railway",
until 1870 "Calais and Baring Railroad" (C&B)
Calais Railroad
02/17/1832 07/26/1849 Q (C&B)
Lewey's Island Railroad
03/16/1855 1870 Q (SCPR)
Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
03/28/1907 11/27/1936 Q/A (MEC) P&RF leased by MEC from 05/01/1907
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
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"
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
09/11/1894 04/01/1907 Q (P&RF)
Dexter and Newport Railroad
03/30/1853 12/27/1939 Q (MEC) leased by MEC from 12/01/1868
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
10/24/1888 12/27/1939 Q (MEC) leased by MEC from 12/13/1888
Bridgton and Harrison Railway
07/19/1881 09/1941 Q (MEC) leased by MEC from 1911,
until 06/15/1930 "Bridgton and Saco River Railroad"
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
02/11/1867 1943 Q (MEC) until 06/08/1886 "Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad",
leased by MEC from 08/20/1888
Boston and Maine Railroad
06/27/1835 1983 Q (PAR) BM
Eastern Railroad
04/14/1836 05/09/1890 Q (BM) ER
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
06/30/1865 1878 Q (ER) PGFCR leased by ER from 1873
Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad
07/03/1841 1865 Q (PGFCR) until 06/08/1848 "Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad"
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
03/12/1839 01/01/1842 Q (BM)
York Harbor and Beach Railroad
02/01/1883 1887 Q (BM)
Orchard Beach Railroad
02/07/1876 1893 Q (BM)
Portland and Rochester Railroad
1865 01/01/1900 Q (BM) P&RRR
York and Cumberland Railroad of Maine
07/30/1846 1865 Q (P&RRR)
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
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
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad
08/16/1882 1919 Q (BM) leased by BM from 05/15/1883
Portland Terminal
02/15/1887 ~ 1983 Q (PAR) PT until 03/23/1911 "Portland Union Railroad Station Company",
from 1933 leased by both BM and MEC

St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad

? - SLR until 01/20/1923 part of the GTR,
owned by CNR
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
02/10/1845 07/01/1853 L (GTR)
Lewiston and Auburn Branch Railroad
02/19/1872 03/25/1874 L (GTR)
Norway Branch Railroad
04/23/1879 05/01/1880 L (GTR)

Turners Island LLC

? - TI terminal rr. in Portland,
until 2003 "Turners Island Railroad"

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum

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
Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
1897 03/29/1901 Q (WW&F) construction started, but was never completed
Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad
1890 03/29/1901 Q (WW&F)

Alphabetical list of railroad companies in Maine

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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.

  1. Acadian Railway
  2. Amtrak
  3. Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
  4. Androscoggin Railroad
  5. Aroostook Northern Railroad
  6. Aroostook River Railroad
  7. Aroostook Valley Railroad
  8. Atlantic and North West Railway
  9. Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
  10. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
  11. Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad
  12. Bangor and Orono Railroad
  13. Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad
  14. Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
  15. Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad
  16. Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
  17. Boston and Maine Railroad
  18. Bridgton and Harrison Railway
  19. Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
  20. Buckfield Branch Railroad
  21. Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
  22. Calais and Baring Railroad
  23. Calais and Baring Railway
  24. Calais Railroad
  25. Canadian American Railway
  26. Canadian Pacific Railway
  27. Dexter and Newport Railroad
  28. Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
  29. Eastern Maine Railway I (inc. 1882)
  30. Eastern Maine Railway II (inc. 1994)
  31. Eastern Railroad
  32. European and North American Railway
  33. Eustis Railroad
  34. Fish River Railroad
  35. Franklin and Megantic Railroad
  36. Franklin and Megantic Railway
  37. Franklin Railroad
  38. Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
  39. George's Valley Railroad
  40. Grand Trunk Railway
  41. Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad
  42. Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad
  43. Green Mountain Railway
  44. Guilford Transportation
  45. Houlton Branch Railroad
  46. International Railway of Maine
  47. Iron Road Railways
  48. Kennebec and Portland Railroad
  49. Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad
  50. Kennebec Central Railroad
  51. Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad
  52. Kingfield and Dead River Railroad
  53. Knox and Lincoln Railroad
  54. Knox and Lincoln Railway
  55. Knox Railroad
  56. Lewey's Island Railroad
  57. Lewiston and Auburn Branch Railroad
  58. Lime Rock Railroad
  59. Machiasport Railroad
  60. Madrid Railroad
  61. Maine Central Railroad
  62. Maine Coast Railroad
  63. Maine Eastern Railroad
  64. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
  65. Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
  66. Maine Shore Line Railroad
  67. Monson Railroad
  68. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
  69. New Brunswick and Canada Railway
  70. New Brunswick Railway
  71. New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
  72. Northern Aroostook Railroad
  73. Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
  74. Norway Branch Railroad
  75. Orchard Beach Railroad
  76. Palmer and Machiasport Railroad
  77. Pan Am Railways
  78. Patten and Sherman Railroad
  79. Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
  80. Penobscot Bay and River Railroad
  81. Penobscot Railroad
  82. Penobscot River Railroad
  83. Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
  84. Portland and Kennebec Railroad
  85. Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
  86. Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
  87. Portland and Oxford Central Railroad
  88. Portland and Rochester Railroad
  89. Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
  90. Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
  91. Portland and Rutland Railroad
  92. Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
  93. Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
  94. Portland Terminal
  95. Portland Union Railroad Station Company
  96. Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
  97. Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad
  98. Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
  99. St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
  100. St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
  101. Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
  102. Sandy River Railroad
  103. Sanford and Eastern Railroad
  104. Schoodic Stream Railroad
  105. Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad
  106. Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
  107. Somerset Railroad
  108. Somerset Railway
  109. Turners Island LLC
  110. Turners Island Railroad
  111. Van Buren Bridge Company
  112. Washington County Railroad
  113. Washington County Railway
  114. Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad
  115. Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad
  116. Winterport Railroad
  117. Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad
  118. Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad
  119. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
  120. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
  121. York and Cumberland Railroad of Maine
  122. York Harbor and Beach Railroad

Literature

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  • 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.
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Actual railroad companies

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General information

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