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In 2010, the 133 miles (214 km) of track from Millinocket north to the Canada–US border were sold to the state of Maine for $20 million to be operated by Irving Oil's Maine Northern Railway. [24] MM&A kept the line from the Millinocket paper mills south to Searsport; after its 2013 Lac-Mégantic derailment and bankruptcy, the line was sold to ...
The Aroostook Valley Railroad (reporting mark AVR) [2] was a railroad that operated between Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine from the early 1900s to 1996. The railroad operated maroon interurban cars with grey roofs on 1200 volt DC power until 1945.
Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 7,396 at the 2020 census . The city is a service center for the agricultural and tourism industries, and the location of a National Weather Service Forecast Office .
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 Safe Handling Rail, Inc. Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad: B&M: 1836 1844 Boston and Maine Railroad: Maine Shore Line ...
State Route 161 (SR 161) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways. It runs 86 miles (138 km) from Fort Fairfield to Allagash.It begins at the Fort Fairfield–Andover Border Crossing along the Canada–US border to Dickey Road near the confluence of the Allagash and Saint John rivers.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,828 square miles (17,680 km 2), of which 6,671 square miles (17,280 km 2) is land and 156 square miles (400 km 2) (2.3%) is water. [19] Aroostook County is Maine's largest county by area, about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. The county high point is Peaked ...
The Maine Northern Railway Company Limited (reporting mark MNRY) is a 258 mi (415 km) U.S. and Canadian short line railroad owned by the New Brunswick Railway Company, a holding company that is part of "Irving Transportation Services", a division within the industrial conglomerate J.D. Irving Limited.
The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of the State of Maine on February 13, 1891, and was organized on March 14, 1891. By special acts dated February 28 and March 5, 1891, the carrier was given the right to purchase or lease the railroad of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company, including the latter company's leased property, and the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway ...