- List of Maine railroads
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Maine.
Common freight carriers
- Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY)
- Maine Eastern Railroad (MERR)
- Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA)
- New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation (NHN)
- Pan Am Railways through subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLR)
- Turners Island, LLC (TI)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway
- Boothbay Railway Village
- Downeast Scenic Railroad (DSRX)
- Maine Eastern Railroad
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
- Seashore Trolley Museum
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
Defunct railroads
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Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes Androscoggin Railroad MEC 1848 1911 Maine Central Railroad Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad MEC 1845 1862 Maine Central Railroad Aroostook Northern Railroad BAR 1897 1901 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Aroostook River Railroad CP 1873 1989 N/A Aroostook Valley Railroad AVL 1902 1996 N/A Electric until 1946 Atlantic and North-West Railway CP 1886 1994 Canadian American Railroad Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad CN 1845 1960 Canadian National Railway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad BAR BAR 1891 2003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway BAR 1881 1901 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bangor, Oldtown and Milford Railroad MEC 1855 1870 European and North American Railway Bangor and Orono Railroad MEC 1847 1850 Penobscot Railroad Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad BAR 1861 1899 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company MEC 1833 1855 Bangor, Oldtown and Milford Railroad Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad BML MEC 1868 2001 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad until 2008 Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway MEC 1867 1868 Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Boston and Maine Corporation BM B&M 1963 Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway 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 Railway Calais Railroad MEC 1838 1849 Calais and Baring Railroad Calais Railway MEC 1832 1838 Calais Railroad Calais and Baring Railroad MEC 1849 1870 St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad Canadian American Railroad CDAC 1994 2003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Canadian Atlantic Railway CP 1988 1994 Canadian American Railroad, Eastern Maine Railway Canadian National Railway CN CN 1923 1989 St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Canadian Pacific Railway CP CP 1886 1988 Canadian Atlantic Railway Consolidated European and North American Railway MEC 1872 1880 European and North American Railway Dexter and Newport Railroad MEC 1853 1939 Maine Central Railroad Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad MEC 1888 1939 Maine Central Railroad Eastern Railroad B&M 1847 1890 Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Maine Railway MEC 1882 1936 Maine Central Railroad European and North American Railway MEC 1880 1955 Maine Central Railroad European and North American Railway MEC 1850 1872 Consolidated European and North American Railway Eustis Railroad MEC 1903 1911 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Fish River Railroad BAR 1901 1903 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Franklin and Megantic Railroad MEC 1884 1897 Franklin and Megantic Railway Franklin and Megantic Railway MEC 1897 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railway 1897 1901 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad Georges Valley Railroad 1889 1919 Knox Railroad Grand Trunk Railway GT CN 1853 1923 Canadian National Railway Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad B&M 1841 1865 Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad Houlton Branch Railroad CP 1867 1989 N/A International Railway of Maine CP 1881 1886 Atlantic and North-West Railway Kennebec Central Railroad 1889 1929 N/A Kennebec and Portland Railroad MEC 1836 1864 Portland and Kennebec Railroad Kennebec Valley Railroad MEC 1903 1904 Somerset Railway Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad 1854 1873 Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad B&M 1882 1919 Boston and Maine Railroad Kingfield and Dead River Railroad MEC 1893 1897 Kingfield and Dead River Railway Kingfield and Dead River Railway MEC 1897 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Knox Railroad 1919 1932 N/A Knox and Lincoln Railroad MEC 1864 1890 Penobscot Shore Line Railroad Knox and Lincoln Railway MEC 1891 1901 Maine Central Railroad Leeds and Farmington Railroad MEC 1865 1874 Maine Central Railroad Lewiston and Auburn Railroad CN 1872 Lewy's Island Railroad MEC 1854 1870 St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad Lime Rock Railroad 1864 1942 N/A Machiasport Railroad 1845 1872 Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad Madrid Railroad MEC 1902 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad 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 Railroad Monson Railroad 1885 1943 N/A Monson and Athens Railroad 1881 1885 Monson Railroad New Brunswick Railway CP 1878 1890 Canadian Pacific Railway New Brunswick and Canada Railway CP 1870 1882 New Brunswick Railway Northern Maine Seaport Railroad BAR 1904 1919 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Norway Branch Railroad CN 1879 Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad MEC 1852 1864 European and North American Railway Orchard Beach Railroad B&M 1876 1893 Boston and Maine Railroad Palmer and Machiasport Railroad 1842 1845 Machiasport Railroad Patten and Sherman Railroad BAR 1895 1901 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Penobscot Railroad MEC 1853 1863 European and North American Railway Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad MEC 1845 1862 Maine Central Railroad Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad CP 1871 1881 International Railway of Maine Penobscot, Lincoln and Kennebec Railroad MEC 1849 1864 Knox and Lincoln Railroad Penobscot Shore Line Railroad MEC 1889 1891 Knox and Lincoln Railway Penobscot and Union River Railroad MEC 1870 1873 Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Phillips and Rangeley Railroad MEC 1889 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Portland and Kennebec Railroad MEC 1862 1874 Maine Central Railroad Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad MEC 1867 1887 Portland and Ogdensburg Railway Portland and Ogdensburg Railway MEC 1886 1943 Maine Central Railroad Portland and Oxford Central Railroad MEC 1857 1896 Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Portland and Rochester Railroad B&M 1864 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad MEC 1907 1946 Maine Central Railroad Portland and Rumford Falls Railway MEC 1890 1946 Maine Central Railroad Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad B&M 1837 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad Portland Terminal Company PTM MEC 1911 Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway Portland Union Railway Station Company MEC 1887 1911 Portland Terminal Company Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad B&M 1865 1890 Boston and Maine Railroad Rangeley Lakes and Megantic Railroad MEC 1909 1914 Maine Central Railroad Rockport Railroad 1886 1896 N/A Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad MEC 1874 1896 Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad MEC 1894 1936 N/A Safe Handling Rail, Inc. 2000 2003 Maine Eastern Railroad St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad MEC 1870 1899 Washington County Railroad Sandy River Railroad MEC 1879 1908 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad MEC 1908 1935 N/A Sanford and Eastern Railroad 1949 1961 N/A Schoodic Stream Railroad BAR 1906 1907 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad MEC 1886 1910 Maine Central Railroad Somerset Railroad MEC 1860 1883 Somerset Railway Somerset Railway MEC 1904 1911 Maine Central Railroad Somerset Railway MEC 1883 1904 Kennebec Valley Railroad Somerset and Kennebec Railroad MEC 1848 1874 Maine Central Railroad Van Buren Bridge Company VB BAR 1913 2003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Washington County Railroad MEC 1893 1903 Washington County Railway Washington County Railway MEC 1903 1911 Maine Central Railroad Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad 1895 1901 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad 1872 1892 N/A Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad 1873 1876 Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad 1876 1901 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad 1901 1906 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway 1907 1933 N/A York and Cumberland Railroad B&M 1846 1865 Portland and Rochester Railroad York Harbor and Beach Railroad B&M 1883 1927 N/A - Private carriers
- Bald Mountain Railroad
- Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad
- Ray Lumber Company
- Wild River Railroad
- Passenger carriers
- Acadian Railway
- Green Mountain Cog Railway
- Electric
- Androscoggin Electric Company
- Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVL)
- Atlantic Shore Railway
- Atlantic Shore Line Railway
- Auburn, Mechanic Falls and Norway Street Railway
- Auburn and Turner Railroad
- Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner Railroad
- Augusta and Waterville Railway
- Augusta, Winthrop and Gardiner Railway
- Bangor Railway and Electric Company
- Bangor, Hampden and Winterport Railway
- Bangor and Northern Railroad
- Bangor, Orono and Old Town Railway
- Bangor Street Railway
- Bath Street Railway
- Benton and Fairfield Railway
- Biddeford and Saco Railroad
- Brunswick Electric Railroad
- Brunswick and Yarmouth Street Railway
- Calais Street Railway
- Camden and Rockport Street Railroad
- Cumberland County Power and Light Company
- Eliot Bridge Company
- Fairfield and Shawmut Railway
- Hampden and Winterport Railway
- Hampden and Winterport Electric Railway and Light Company
- Kittery and Eliot Street Railway
- Lewiston and Auburn Horse Railroad
- Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
- Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath Street Railway
- Lewiston, Winthrop and Augusta Street Railway
- Mousam River Railroad
- Norway and Paris Street Railway
- Old Town Electric Company
- Old Town, Orono and Veazie Railway
- Old Town Street Railway
- Portland Railroad
- Portland and Brunswick Street Railway
- Portland, Gray and Lewiston Railroad
- Portland–Lewiston Interurban Railroad
- Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway
- Portsmouth, Kittery and York Street Railway
- Public Works Company
- Rockland, South Thomaston and Owls Head Railway
- Rockland, South Thomaston and St. George Street Railway
- Rockland Street Railway
- Rockland, Thomaston and Camden Street Railway
- Sanford and Cape Porpoise Railway
- Skowhegan and Norridgewock Railway and Power Company
- Somerset Traction Company
- Thomaston Street Railway
- Waterville and Fairfield Railroad
- Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company
- Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland Railway
- Waterville and Oakland Street Railway
- Not completed
- Portland and Rutland Railroad
- Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
Notes
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Maine (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
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