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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.
Into the 1950s, the Bangor and Aroostook operated an afternoon train, the Aroostook Flyer, on the company's mainline from Bangor (where a connection could be made from the Boston & Maine's Penobscot from Boston [15]), to Brownville, Sherman, Oakfield, Presque Isle, Caribou and concluding in Van Buren (opposite St. Leonard in New Brunswick).
The Eastern Maine Railroad serves Caribou and Aroostook County, also connecting Maine, Vermont and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick and providing a direct rail link between northern Maine; Saint John, New Brunswick; and Montreal, Quebec. Given the city's economic and cultural ties with the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New ...
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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 ...
People from Caribou, Maine (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Caribou, Maine" ... Aroostook Valley Railroad; C. Caribou High School; Caribou Municipal Airport; Battle of ...
The company operated 234 miles in Maine. Its primary route formed the Canadian Pacific east–west main line between Montreal, Quebec, and Saint John, New Brunswick. From 1889 to 1974 part of the through route consisted of trackage rights over the Maine Central Railroad between Mattawamkeag, Maine, and Vanceboro, Maine.
The International Railway of Maine was a historic railroad constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, and Mattawamkeag, Maine, closing a key gap in the railway's transcontinental main line to the port of Saint John, New Brunswick.