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The Maine Eastern was the successor to Safe Handling Rail, which took over operation of the MaineDOT-owned line when the Maine Coast Railroad chose not to bid on a new contract. In September 2015, the Maine Department of Transportation selected the Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) to operate the line beginning on January 1, 2016. [2]
Boston and Maine Railroad: B&M, BM B&M 1844 1964 Boston and Maine Corporation: Bridgton and Harrison Railway: 1927 1941 N/A Bridgton and Saco River Railroad: MEC: 1881 1930 Bridgton and Harrison Railway: Buckfield Branch Railroad: MEC: 1847 1863 Portland and Oxford Central Railroad: Bucksport and Bangor Railroad: MEC: 1873 1882 Eastern Maine ...
Until April 1959, the Maine Central Railroad provided passenger service from Brunswick east to Rockland, Maine, via the 56-mile Rockland Branch. [80] The State of Maine purchased the line in 1987. From 2003 to 2015, the Maine Eastern Railroad leased operation of the line, offering seasonal excursion service to Rockland.
EMRY was established as a corporate entity on November 10, 1994 by J.D. Irving Ltd. to purchase the 99.5 mile right of way and physical railway assets of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Mattawamkeag Subdivision rail line within the state of Maine, running from its eastern terminus at the Canada–United States border, this being the midpoint of the Saint Croix–Vanceboro Railway Bridge at ...
The Maine Eastern Railroad operates a scenic train with service from Brunswick to Rockland, via Bath and Wiscasset. Pan Am Railways completed the work on time and on budget. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority initiated passenger rail service to Freeport and Brunswick in December 2012.
M&E created a subsidiary, the Maine Eastern Railroad, for its Maine operations. Seasonal excursion passenger trains were operated between Brunswick and Rockland, Maine . As of January 1, 2016, the operation of the line has been taken over by the Central Maine and Quebec Railway , which was later acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway in June 2020.
The line is presently inactive, having most recently had seasonal passenger service from 2004 to 2015 operated by the now-defunct Maine Eastern Railroad. The line would then be leased to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) from 2015 to 2020, then to Canadian Pacific Railway following its purchase of CMQ in 2020. [3]
The owner of the Wiscasset railroad bought the whole Kennebec Central Railroad for less than it would have cost to repair his burned locomotives. [19] Kennebec Central engines #3 and #4 were trucked to Wiscasset, repainted, and renumbered 8 and 9. [20] Kennebec Central rails and car hardware became scrap metal. [19]