User:Thogo/List of railroad companies operating in Maine

Company pedigrees (Maine only)

This list of railroad companies operating in Maine is arranged as a collection of pedigrees that are themselves arranged chronologically after date of abandonment. Still existing companies are arranged alphabetically. The color of the row background is the brighter the deeper in the pedigree the company is situated.

Abbreviations in the "disbandment" column:

• A Abandonment of the railroad
• L Leased by another company (the one in brackets after the L), date of takeover is unknown
• Q Acquisition by another company (the one in brackets after the Q)

Company	Incorporated	Disbandment	Abbreviation	Remarks
Northern Aroostook Railroad	1870	?		never built
Penobscot Bay and River Railroad	~1874	?		never built
Penobscot River Railroad	1869	?		never built
Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad	03/06/1868	?		never built, until 1871 "Portland and Rutland Railroad"
Winterport Railroad	~1870	?		never built
Green Mountain Railway	1883	1890 A		cog railroad
Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad	03/03/1842	1892 A		until 1843 "Franklin Railroad", until 02/28/1845 "Palmer and Machiasport Railroad, until 1872 "Machiasport Railroad"
Kennebec Central Railroad	10/03/1889	1929 A
Knox Railroad	08/10/1889	1934 A		until 1918 "George's Valley Railroad"
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad	01/30/1908	06/1935 A	SRRLR	08/1911-1923 owned by MEC
Franklin and Megantic Railway	07/01/1884	01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR)		until 06/03/1897 "Franklin and Megantic Railroad"
Kingfield and Dead River Railroad	06/19/1893	01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Sandy River Railroad	04/08/1879	01/30/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad	04/17/1889	07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR)
Madrid Railroad	04/29/1902	07/01/1908 Q (SRRLR)		subsidiary of P&RRR
Eustis Railroad	04/29/1903	08/24/1911 Q (SRRLR)
Monson Railroad	11/01/1882	1943 A
Lime Rock Railroad	02/29/1864	?
Sanford and Eastern Railroad	1949	1961 A	SERR
Maine Coast Railroad	1990	12/2000 A	MC
Acadian Railway	?	~ 2003 A		offered touristic trains from Montreal PQ to St. John NB via Greenville ME during summer 2002
Amtrak	1971	-	AMTK	passenger traffic only
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad	02/28/1862	-	BML	regular service ended 06/09/2005, still operating as scenic railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway	02/15/1881	-	CPR	all CPR roads in Maine abandoned or sold
Atlantic and North West Railway	05/15/1879	12/06/1886 L (CPR)	ANW	from 08/01/1883 leased by Ontario and Quebec Railway
International Railway of Maine	1871	11/02/1886 Q (ANW)		until 1881 "Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad"
Aroostook Valley Railroad	07/02/1902	04/26/1996 A	AVR	from 1932 owned by CPR, but existed furtherly as separate company
New Brunswick Railway	1870	07/01/1890 L (CPR)	NBR
Aroostook River Railroad	1874	01/12/1878 L (NBR)
New Brunswick and Canada Railway	1868	07/01/1882 L (NBR)	NBCR
Houlton Branch Railroad	02/06/1867	07/01/1890 Q (CPR)		leased by NBCR from 06/28/1873
Eastern Maine Railway II	1994	-	EMR	subsidiary of NBSR, bought road Brownville Junction ME–Vanceboro ME from CPR
Maine Eastern Railroad	11/01/2003	-	ME	owned by Morristown and Erie Railway
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum	1993	-	-	2 ft gauge museum track in Portland
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway	01/09/2003	-	MMA	owned by Rail World
Canadian American Railway	?	-	CDAC	subsidiary of MMA, bought road St.-Jean PQ–Brownville Junction ME from CPR
Iron Road Railways	1995	01/09/2003 Q (MMA)	IRR
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad	02/03/1891	01/09/2003 Q (MMA)	BAR	as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys.
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad	03/05/1861	04/01/1899 Q (BAR)	B&P	1873-1876 leased by E&NA, leased by BAR from 04/01/1892
Aroostook Northern Railroad	07/1897	07/01/1901 Q (BAR)	ANR	leased by BAR from 11/27/1887
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad	08/02/1881	07/01/1901 Q (BAR)	B&KIW	leased by B&P from 1887, leased by BAR from 04/01/1892
Patten and Sherman Railroad	10/17/1895	07/01/1901 Q (BAR)	P&S
Fish River Railroad	12/15/1902	07/1903 Q (BAR)	FRRR	leased by BAR from 12/15/1902
Schoodic Stream Railroad	1906	07/01/1907 Q (BAR)	SSRR
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad	12/01/1904	07/07/1907 L (BAR)	NMSRR
Van Buren Bridge Company	01/30/1913	01/09/2003 Q (MMA)	VBB	subsidiary of BAR, as of 1995 owned by Iron Road Rys.
New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation	1985	-	NHN	only ~1 mile of track is in Maine
Pan Am Railways	1977	-	PAR	until 03/2006 "Guilford Transportation"
Maine Central Railroad	10/28/1862	1981 Q (PAR)	MEC	owned by BM as of ~ 1900
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad	05/28/1845	10/28/1862 Q (MEC)	A&K
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad	04/07/1845	10/28/1862 Q (MEC)		leased by A&K from 11/30/1856
Androscoggin Railroad	08/10/1848	11/16/1874 Q (MEC)		leased by MEC from 07/01/1871
Portland and Kennebec Railroad	04/01/1846	11/16/1874 Q (MEC)	P&K	until 01/01/1864 "Kennebec and Portland Railroad", leased by MEC from 05/12/1870
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad	08/10/1848	11/16/1874 Q (MEC)		leased by P&K from 1852, leased by MEC from 05/12/1870
European and North American Railway	08/20/1850	04/01/1882 Q (MEC)	E&NA
Penobscot Railroad	08/02/1847	1863 Q (E&NA)		until 08/21/1850 "Bangor and Orono Railroad"
Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad	03/08/1832	04/01/1880 Q (E&NA)		until 03/14/1855 "Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad"
Eastern Maine Railway I	1871	05/01/1883 L (MEC)	EM	12/12/1874-12/01/1876 leased by E&NA, until 02/01/1882 "Bucksport and Bangor Railroad"
Maine Shore Line Railroad	03/04/1881	10/22/1888 Q (MEC)		leased by MEC from 07/16/1883
Knox and Lincoln Railway	1868	02/20/1901 Q (MEC)		until 11/01/1891 "Knox and Lincoln Railroad", leased by MEC from 11/01/1891
Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad	07/24/1886	07/01/1911 Q (MEC)
Somerset Railway	03/19/1860	07/01/1911 Q (MEC)		until 1883 "Somerset Railroad"
Washington County Railway	1893	07/01/1911 Q (MEC)	WCR	until 12/18/1903 "Washington County Railroad"
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad	03/20/1837	08/01/1898 Q (WCR)	SCPR	until 1839 "Calais and Baring Railway", until 1870 "Calais and Baring Railroad" (C&B)
Calais Railroad	02/17/1832	07/26/1849 Q (C&B)
Lewey's Island Railroad	03/16/1855	1870 Q (SCPR)
Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad	03/28/1907	11/27/1936 Q/A (MEC)	P&RF	leased by MEC from 05/01/1907
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway	06/22/1847	04/01/1907 Q (P&RF)		until 04/15/1857 "Buckfield Branch Railroad", until 03/03/1874 "Portland and Oxford Central Railroad", until 11/08/1890 "Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad"
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad	09/11/1894	04/01/1907 Q (P&RF)
Dexter and Newport Railroad	03/30/1853	12/27/1939 Q (MEC)		leased by MEC from 12/01/1868
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad	10/24/1888	12/27/1939 Q (MEC)		leased by MEC from 12/13/1888
Bridgton and Harrison Railway	07/19/1881	09/1941 Q (MEC)		leased by MEC from 1911, until 06/15/1930 "Bridgton and Saco River Railroad"
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway	02/11/1867	1943 Q (MEC)		until 06/08/1886 "Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad", leased by MEC from 08/20/1888
Boston and Maine Railroad	06/27/1835	1983 Q (PAR)	BM
Eastern Railroad	04/14/1836	05/09/1890 Q (BM)	ER
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad	06/30/1865	1878 Q (ER)	PGFCR	leased by ER from 1873
Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad	07/03/1841	1865 Q (PGFCR)		until 06/08/1848 "Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad"
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad	03/12/1839	01/01/1842 Q (BM)
York Harbor and Beach Railroad	02/01/1883	1887 Q (BM)
Orchard Beach Railroad	02/07/1876	1893 Q (BM)
Portland and Rochester Railroad	1865	01/01/1900 Q (BM)	P&RRR
York and Cumberland Railroad of Maine	07/30/1846	1865 Q (P&RRR)
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad	03/14/1837	1900 Q (BM)	PSPR	leased by both BM and ER from 04/28/1847, leased by BM alone from 12/23/1883
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad	08/16/1882	1919 Q (BM)		leased by BM from 05/15/1883
Portland Terminal	02/15/1887	~ 1983 Q (PAR)	PT	until 03/23/1911 "Portland Union Railroad Station Company", from 1933 leased by both BM and MEC
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad	?	-	SLR	until 01/20/1923 part of the GTR, owned by CNR
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad	02/10/1845	07/01/1853 L (GTR)
Lewiston and Auburn Branch Railroad	02/19/1872	03/25/1874 L (GTR)
Norway Branch Railroad	04/23/1879	05/01/1880 L (GTR)
Turners Island LLC	?	-	TI	terminal rr. in Portland, until 2003 "Turners Island Railroad"
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum	04/15/1854	-	WW&F	until 1873 "Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad", until 1876 "Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad", until 03/29/1901 "Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad", until 1907 "Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad", regular service ended 06/15/1933, museum track opened in 2002
Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railroad	1897	03/29/1901 Q (WW&F)		construction started, but was never completed
Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad	1890	03/29/1901 Q (WW&F)

Alphabetical list of railroad companies in Maine

The following list contains railroad companies including the renamed ones that ever operated, planned to operate or are actually operating railroad traffic in Maine. Street railways are excluded.

1. Acadian Railway
2. Amtrak
3. Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
4. Androscoggin Railroad
5. Aroostook Northern Railroad
6. Aroostook River Railroad
7. Aroostook Valley Railroad
8. Atlantic and North West Railway
9. Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
10. Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
11. Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railroad
12. Bangor and Orono Railroad
13. Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad
14. Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
15. Bangor, Old Town and Milford Railroad
16. Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
17. Boston and Maine Railroad
18. Bridgton and Harrison Railway
19. Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
20. Buckfield Branch Railroad
21. Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
22. Calais and Baring Railroad
23. Calais and Baring Railway
24. Calais Railroad
25. Canadian American Railway
26. Canadian Pacific Railway
27. Dexter and Newport Railroad
28. Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
29. Eastern Maine Railway I (inc. 1882)
30. Eastern Maine Railway II (inc. 1994)
31. Eastern Railroad
32. European and North American Railway
33. Eustis Railroad
34. Fish River Railroad
35. Franklin and Megantic Railroad
36. Franklin and Megantic Railway
37. Franklin Railroad
38. Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
39. George's Valley Railroad
40. Grand Trunk Railway
41. Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad
42. Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad
43. Green Mountain Railway
44. Guilford Transportation
45. Houlton Branch Railroad
46. International Railway of Maine
47. Iron Road Railways
48. Kennebec and Portland Railroad
49. Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad
50. Kennebec Central Railroad
51. Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad
52. Kingfield and Dead River Railroad
53. Knox and Lincoln Railroad
54. Knox and Lincoln Railway
55. Knox Railroad
56. Lewey's Island Railroad
57. Lewiston and Auburn Branch Railroad
58. Lime Rock Railroad
59. Machiasport Railroad
60. Madrid Railroad
61. Maine Central Railroad
62. Maine Coast Railroad
63. Maine Eastern Railroad
64. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
65. Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
66. Maine Shore Line Railroad
67. Monson Railroad
68. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
69. New Brunswick and Canada Railway
70. New Brunswick Railway
71. New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
72. Northern Aroostook Railroad
73. Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
74. Norway Branch Railroad
75. Orchard Beach Railroad
76. Palmer and Machiasport Railroad
77. Pan Am Railways
78. Patten and Sherman Railroad
79. Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
80. Penobscot Bay and River Railroad
81. Penobscot Railroad
82. Penobscot River Railroad
83. Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
84. Portland and Kennebec Railroad
85. Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
86. Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
87. Portland and Oxford Central Railroad
88. Portland and Rochester Railroad
89. Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
90. Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
91. Portland and Rutland Railroad
92. Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad
93. Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
94. Portland Terminal
95. Portland Union Railroad Station Company
96. Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
97. Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad
98. Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
99. St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
100. St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
101. Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
102. Sandy River Railroad
103. Sanford and Eastern Railroad
104. Schoodic Stream Railroad
105. Sebasticook and Moosehead Lake Railroad
106. Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
107. Somerset Railroad
108. Somerset Railway
109. Turners Island LLC
110. Turners Island Railroad
111. Van Buren Bridge Company
112. Washington County Railroad
113. Washington County Railway
114. Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad
115. Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad
116. Winterport Railroad
117. Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad
118. Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad
119. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
120. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
121. York and Cumberland Railroad of Maine
122. York Harbor and Beach Railroad

Literature

• George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads 2. Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
• Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide 5. Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9
• Robert L. MacDonald: Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads. Arcadia Publishing, 2003, ISBN 073851179X.

Weblinks

Actual railroad companies

• Amtrak
• Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR
• Maine Eastern RR
• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
• Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Ry.
• New Brunswick Southern Ry.
• Pan Am Railways
• Turners Island LLC
• Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Ry. Museum

General information

• Railroad history of Maine
• Railroad History Database
• Boston&Maine Railroad Historical Society
• Chronical of the MEC
• Maine Railroads 1834-1850