Maine Central Railroad collection, ca. 1907-1977.

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Maine Central Railroad collection, ca. 1907-1977.

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This collection, retrieved by James R. McFarlane at the closing of the offices of the Maine Central Railroad, contains material dealing with leases, abandonment of railroad lines, selling assets, and acquisition. The bulk of the material is about the Maine Central Railroad, but other companies are represented. The items in the collection are generally typewritten reports, often to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The companies needed the approval of the I.C.C. in order to proceed with many of their financial and legal actions. Companies represented include the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Company, Dexter & Piscataquis Railroad Company, Eastern Maine Railway Company, Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad Company, Lime Rock Railroad Company, Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Company, and the Maine Central Railroad Company. The Maine Central Railroad was a railroad in central and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. It operated between South Portland, Maine, east to the Canada-U.S. border with New Brunswick, west to Vermont and north to Quebec.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad

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Maine Central Railroad Company

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In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad

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Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad was chartered in 1894; leased to Maine Central Railroad Company in 1907; dissolved in 1939. From the description of Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad records, 1884-1937. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 475551174 ...

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Lime Rock Railroad Company

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Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad Company

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Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad Company chartered and leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1888; merged in 1939. From the description of Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad Company records, 1888-1939. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 475058480 ...

McFarlane, James R.

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Railroad historian and author. From the description of Maine Central Railroad collection, ca. 1907-1977. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 427539694 Resident of Portland, Me.; railroad buff; worked at Maine Central Railroad. The Stanley Museum was established in 1981 and is located in Kingfield, Me., the birthplace of the Stanley twin brothers, F.E. and F.O. Stanley, inventors of the Stanley Steamer automobile. McFarlane was a charter member of the muse...

Eastern Maine Railway Company

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Eastern Maine Railway Company reorganized in 1882 from the Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Company; leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1936 and sold to Maine Central in 1938. From the description of Eastern Maine Railway Company records, 1882-1936. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 472608785 Sold to Maine Central Railroad Company in 1938. From the description of Records, 1882-1938. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat reco...

Portland & Rumford Falls Railway

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The Portland & Rumford Falls Railway was chartered in 1890 and opened its first line in 1892. In 1907 it was leased by the Maine Central Railroad. From the description of Ticket cash book. 1904-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 248673081 Chartered in 1890 as the Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Company, bought the Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad, and the Portland and Oxford Central Railroad Company in 1896; renamed Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad Co. in 190...