Best Of Maine Railroads By Ron Johnson Soft Cover

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The Best Of Maine Railroads By Ron Johnson

Soft Cover

144 Pages

Contents

ChapterPage

OneGeneral Veazie and the Early Lines5

TwoJohn A. Poor and the Atlantic & St. Lawrence9

ThreeWar of the Gauges15

FourJohn A. Poor and the European & North American

More Power Plays21

FiveAndroscoggin Railroad's Broad Gauge Difficulties25

SixMaine Central Organized29

SevenEuropean & North American Completed

Building Out of Portland31

EightKnox & Lincoln to Rockland

Somerset Up the Kennebec Valley41

NineFinal Change to Standard Gauge

Maine Central Dominated By the Eastern51

TenMaine Central Grows to Largest Mileage in New England55

ElevenBangor & Aroostook Begins Building

Portland & Ogdensburg Leased to Maine Central59

TwelveLaying Rails Through Washington County

Narrow Gauge Fever67

Thirteen Restoring the Maine Central to Maine People89

Fourteen Rails Fan Out Through Aroostook County97

Maine Railroad Time Line111

Introduction

Maine railroading has been and continues to be as interesting and varied as any state in the country. It is the purpose of this book to provide a concise history plus the best pictures that could be located, many of which have never been published. The text is taken from a book long out of print called Maine Railroads by Edward E. Chase. Published in 1926 with a very limited press run, the book quickly became a collector's item. The original work had no pictures, maps or timetables, something this book seeks to remedy. Through the Maine Railroad Time Line, the last section in this book, rail history has been brought up to date. The focus of this book is on main line and connecting shortline rail service. The ocean and lake steamers, buses, hotels and airlines owned by the railroads plus street railways, industrial and logging lines are of too broad a scope to be included in this effort. It is hoped the reader will find this work a useful research reference, plus pleasing to the eye.

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