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Operating out of the former Portland Company Marine Complex, the organization was founded in 1993 and continues to operate as of 2024.The collection consists of passenger and freight equipment, as well as artifacts from the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railways that ran in the state of Maine in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Maine . Retrieved May 11, 2005. Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9
Much of the right-of-way between Portland and West Falmouth was used for the Maine Turnpike; [2] but a portion of the right-of-way through Gray was on planning to be restored for use by the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, but those plans were since abandoned and the museum remains in Portland. [6]
The Monson Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway, which operated between Monson Junction on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and Monson, Maine. The primary purpose of this railroad was to serve several slate mines and finishing houses in Monson. [ 1 ]
Bridgton & Harrison Railway (formerly Bridgton & Saco River Railroad) fan trip departing Bridgton Jct. on June 27th, 1937. The Bridgton and Saco River Railroad (B&SR) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in the vicinity of Bridgton and Harrison, Maine.
John A. Poor circa 1860. Portland first became a transportation hub when the Cumberland and Oxford Canal to interior Maine was completed in 1832. [1] The first railroad reached the city a decade later: the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway (PS&P), whose joint operation with the Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts began in 1842.
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 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway.The line was operated as a for-profit company from 1895 until 1933 between the Maine towns of Wiscasset, Albion, and Winslow, but was abandoned in 1936.