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Maine Central RR

ME

South Windham ME to ME/NH State Line
Built by Portland & Ogdensburg RR 1867-75
to Portland & Ogdensburg Ry 6-8-1884
leased to Maine Central RR 8-20-1888
to Guilford Transportation Industries 6-1981
abandoned 1983

Portland to South Windham ME
Built by Portland & Ogdensburg RR 1867-75
to Portland & Ogdensburg Ry 6-8-1884
leased to Maine Central RR 8-20-1888

Portland ME to Augusta ME
Built by Kennebec & Portland RR 1849-52
to Portland & Kennebec RR 1-1-1864
leased to Maine Central RR 1870
to Maine Central RR 11-16-1874
to Guilford Transportation Industries 6-1981
to Pan Am Railways 2006

Augusta ME to Waterville ME
Built by Somerset & Kennebec RR 1848-53
leased to Portland & Kennebec RR 1864
to Maine Central RR 11-16-1874
to Guilford Transportation Industries 6-1981
to Pan Am Railways 2006
leased to Springfield Terminal Ry 1986 or 87

Waterville ME to Bangor ME
Built by Penobscot & Kennebec RR 1853-55 as 5'6" gauge
leased to Androscoggin & Kennebec RR 1856
to Maine Central RR 10-28-1862
converted to standard gauge 1871
to Pan Am Railways 2006

Bangor ME to Mattawamkeag ME
Built by European & North American Ry 1871
leased to Maine Central RR 1882
sold to Maine Central RR 1955

Mattawamkeag ME to Vanceboro ME
Built by European & North American Ry 1871
leased to Maine Central RR 1882
sold to Maine Central RR 1955
sold to Canadian Pacific Ry 12-17-1974
trackage rights retained by Maine Central

Royal Jct to Danville Jct
Built by Maine Central RR 1871
leased to Springfield Terminal Ry 1986 or 87

Danville Jct to Waterville ME
Built by Androscoggin & Kennebec RR 1848-49 as 5'6" gauge
to Maine Central 10-28-1862
to standard gauge 1871
leased to Springfield Terminal Ry 1986 or 87

Leeds Jct to Livermore Falls ME
Built by Androscoggin RR 1852 as 5'6" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1861
sold to Maine Central RR 8-19-1911

Livermore Falls ME to Farmington ME
Built by Androscoggin RR 1852 as 5'6" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1861
sold to Maine Central RR 8-19-1911
abandoned

Crowley's Jct to Lisbon ME
Built by Androscoggin RR 1861
sold to Maine Central RR 8-19-1911

Lisbon ME to Brunswick ME
Built by Androscoggin RR 1861

Leeds Jct to Crowley's Jct ME
Built by Androscoggin RR 1861
abandoned 1938

Crowley's Jct to Lewiston ME

Mechanic Falls ME to Buckfield
Built by Buckfield Branch RR 1849 as 5'6" gauge
to Portland & Oxford Central RR 1857
to Rumford Falls & Buckfield RR 1874
to Portland & Rumford Falls Ry 1890
merged into Maine Central 1914
abandoned 1952

Buckfield ME to Canton ME
Built by Portland & Oxford Central RR 1870 as 5'6" gauge
to Rumford Falls & Buckfield RR 1874
to Portland & Rumford Falls Ry 1890
merged into Maine Central 1914

Rumford Jct to Mechanic Falls ME
Built by Portland & Rumford Falls Ry 1893
merged into Maine Central 1914

Canton ME to Chisholm ME
Built by Portland & Rumford Falls Ry 1897

Chisholm ME to Livermore Falls ME
Built by Portland & Rumford Falls Ry 1899

Canton ME to Rumford ME

Rumford Falls ME to Oquossoc ME
Built by Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes RR 1894-1902
controlled by Portland & Rumford Falls Ry

Oquossoc ME to Kennebago
Built by Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes RR after 1907
leased to Maine Central RR after 1907

Waterville ME to Hinckley ME
Built by Somerset & Kennebec RR 1856
leased to Portland & Kennebec RR 1864

Hinckley ME to Skowhegan ME
Built by Somerset & Kennebec RR 1856
leased to Portland & Kennebec RR 1864

Hinckley ME paper mill spur

Oakland ME to Norridgewock ME
Built by Somerset RR 1873 as 5'6" gauge
to Somerset Ry 9-8-1883 and converted to standard gauge

Norridgewock ME to Madison ME
Built by Somerset RR 1875 as 5'6" gauge
to Somerset Ry 9-8-1883 and converted to standard gauge

Madison ME to North Anson
Built by Somerset RR 1877 as 5'6" gauge
to Somerset Ry 9-8-1883 and converted to standard gauge

North Anson to Solon ME
Built by Somerset Ry 1889
abandoned

Solon to Bingham ME
Built by Somerset Ry 1890
abandoned

Austin Jct to Kineo Station
Built by Somerset Ry 1906

Pittsfield ME to Hartland ME
Built by Sebasticook & Moosehead RR 1886

Hartland ME to Mainstream ME
Built by Sebasticook & Moosehead RR 1901

Mainstream ME to Harmony ME
Built by Maine Central RR 1912

Newport ME to Dexter ME
Built by Dexter & Newport RR 1868

Dexter ME to Foxcroft ME
Built by Dexter & Piscataquis RR 1889
to Maine Central RR

Bangor to Bucksport ME
Built by Bucksport & Bangor RR 1873-74
to Eastern Maine Shoreline Ry 1882

Brewer ME to Washington Jct

Washington Jct to Mount Desert Ferry

Ayers Jct ME to Washington Jct
Built by Washington County RR 1898
to washington County Ry 12-17-1903

Ayers Jct to Eastport ME

Ayers Jct to St Croix Jct
out of service but track in place 2014

Calais ME to Milltown
Built by Calais Ry 1835-39 as horse powered railway
to Calais RR 2-22-1838
relaid by Calais & Baring RR 7-26-1849
to St Crois & Penobscot RR 2-26-1870
to Washington County RR 8-15-1899
to washington County Ry 12-17-1903

Baring ME to Milltown ME
Built by Calais & Baring RR 1852
to St Crois & Penobscot RR 2-26-1870
to Washington County RR 8-15-1899
to washington County Ry 12-17-1903

Baring ME to Baileyville ME
Built by Lewy's Island RR 1854-57
to St Crois & Penobscot RR 8-11-1870
to Washington County RR 8-15-1899

Baileyville ME to Princeton ME
Built by Lewy's Island RR 1854-57

Woodland Jct to Woodland ME

Stillwater Branch

Enfield Jct to Howland
Operated 1891 to 1963

Brunswick to Bath ME
Built by Kennebec & Portland RR 1849
to Portland & Kennebec RR 1-1-1864

Bath ME to Rockland ME
Built by Knox & Lincoln RR 1849-71
to Penobscot Shore Line RR 8-1-1890
to Knox & Lincoln RR 1-21-1891
sold to Maine Central RR 1901
to State of Maine 1987
operated by Maine Coast RR
later operated by Maine Eastern RR

Rockland spur

Burnham Jct to Belfast ME
Built by Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR 1868-70
leased to Maine Central RR 1871 to 1925
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NH

Redstone NH to Crawford Notch NH
Built by Portland & Ogdensburg RR 1867-75
to Portland & Ogdensburg Ry 6-8-1884
leased to Maine Central RR 8-20-1888
to Conway Scenic Ry

Redstone NH to NH/ME State Line

Crawford Notch NY to Lunenburg
Built by Portland & Ogdensburg RR ???
Whitefield to Lunenburg to Lamoille Valley RR 1980s
operated as Twin State RR
Whitefield to Crawford Notch to Conway Scenic RR

Quebec Jct to Waumbec Jct

Waumbec Jct to Coos Jct

Coos Jct to North Stratford NH
Built by Coos Valley RR 1891
leased by Maine Central RR

North Stratford NH to Columbia NH
Built by Upper Coos RR 1888
to North Stratford RR 1976

Columbia NH to Beecher Falls VT
Built by Upper Coos RR 1888

VT

St. Johnsbury VT to Lunenburg VT
Construction started by Essex County RR 1871
to Vermont Division of Portland & Ogdensburg RR 8-7-1875
completed 1877
to St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain RR 1-30-1880
Leased to Maine Central RR 1912
lease terminated 8-1-1927
to St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR 1948

North Concord VT to Victory VT

Quebec

Dudswell Jct to Lime Ridge
Built by Dominion Lime Co 1887
to Hereford Ry 1889
lease terminated 1925
mapped by Paul Delamere

Cookshire-Eaton to Dudswell Jct
Built by Hereford Ry 1889
lease terminated 1925
mapped by Paul Delamere

Beecher Falls to Cookshire-Eaton
Built by Hereford Ry 1889
lease terminated 1925
mapped by Paul Delamere