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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 ...
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 ...
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 Railroad: MEC: 1881 1888 Maine Central ...
The NBR system expanded significantly in the late 1870s and early 1880s. One of the first expansions was the acquisition of the Aroostook River Railroad which had built up the south bank of the Aroostook River from its connection with the NBR at Aroostook, New Brunswick to Caribou, Maine. This line was built between 1873 and 1876 and was leased ...
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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 ...