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The Maine Central Railroad (reporting mark MEC) was a U. S. class 1 railroad [2] in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. By 1884, Maine Central was the longest railroad in New England. Maine Central had expanded to 1,358 miles (2,185 km) when the United States Railroad Administration assumed control ...
The Kennebec and Portland Railroad was chartered in 1836, and completed from Portland to Augusta in 1851. It was reorganized as the Portland and Kennebec Railroad in 1862, leased as the Maine Central lower road main line in 1870, and purchased in 1874.
Indiana Railway: Indiana Central Railway: PRR: 1848 1864 Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway: Indiana and Chicago Railway: C&EI: 1880 1881 Chicago and Great Southern Railway: Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway: B&O: 1894 1902 Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railway: Indiana Eastern Railroad and Transportation Company: 1979 1984 ...
Roundhouse, Gary, Indiana; Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Gibson ... Maine Central Railroad Company ... Edit 8/19/2019 According to the latest Google map, the ...
The Calais Railway was chartered in 1832 as one of the first railway charters granted by the state of Maine. Construction started in 1835. The company was reorganized as the Calais Railroad in 1838 and opened a 2 miles (3.2 km) railway from Calais to Salmon Falls in 1839. Horses pulled cars over the railway until it was abandoned in 1841.
ex-Boston and Maine Railroad acquired 1896 retired 1910 5 standard 0-4-0: ex-Boston and Maine Railroad #465 6 standard 7 standard 0-4-0: ex-Pennsylvania Railroad: 8 2 ft (610 mm) Davenport Locomotive Works: 0-4-0 T: 1914 9 standard American Locomotive Company: 0-6-0: 1924 sold to Maine Central Railroad #189 in 1929
The Maine Central Railroad Rumford Branch is a railroad line in Maine now operated as part of the CSX Transportation system. The Rumford Branch leaves the mainline at Leeds Junction and continues northwest up the Androscoggin River valley, passing through Livermore Falls and terminating at Rumford .
Maine Central made annual purchases of new steam locomotives from 1899 through 1920. Changing economic climate following World War I terminated routine annual purchases. . Economic restructuring in the early 1920s included purchasing a few modern steam locomotives in 1923 and 1924 while eliminating subsidiary branch lines serving Bridgton, Belfast and Franklin C