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Maine Central Railroad Company


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        • found: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Energy and Commerce. Subcomm. on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism. Temporary prohibition on certain ... 1986:t.p. (Maine Central Railroad Company)
        • found: LC data base, 12-11-86(hdg.: Maine Central Railroad Company)
        • found: Gross, J. Railroads of N.A., 1977(Knox & Lincoln; became part of Maine Central, 1901)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Its Building drawings, 1856-1961(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 consolidated in 1862 to form the Maine Central Railroad Company)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Eastern Maine Railway Co. Records, 1882-1938(Eastern Maine Railway Company; sold to Maine Central Railroad in 1938)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company. Records, 1869-1871(Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company; from Portland, Me., through White Mountains to St. Johnsbury, Vt., Montreal, Ogdensburg, N.Y., and points west; in 1888 purchased by Maine Central Railroad)
        • found: Macdougall, W.M. Old Somerset railroad, 2000(Somerset Railroad founded 1861 at Oakland, Me.; reorg. 1883 as Somerset Railway; in 1904 sold to Kennebec Valley Railroad Company; retained name Somerset Railway; sold to Maine Central 1911; dissolved in 1929; tracks to Bingham and Kineo)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Portland Terminal Company records, 1917-1924(Portland Terminal Company, Portland, Me.; owned by Maine Central)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Patterson, W.D. Papers, 1650-1930 (Knox & Lincoln Rail Road Company)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for West End Land Company records, 1886-1917(West End Land Company; Portland, Me.; real estate company; assets of the company were transferred to the Portland Terminal Company in 1912; later became part of Maine Central Railroad Company)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Lynott Transportation Company records, 1933-1942(Lynott Transportation Company; of Portland, Me.; dissolved 1942; later purchased by Maine Central Railroad)
        • found: NUCMC data from St. Croix Hist. Soc. for Mike Johnson collection, 1898-1922(Washington County Railroad Company; inc. 1894; Washington County, Me.; became part of Maine Central)
        • found: Wikipedia: List of railroad companies operating in Maine, July 23, 2009(Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad Company; founded 1888; leased by Maine Central, 1888-1939)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. relating to various Maine railroads either purchased by or merged into Maine Central Railroad(Dexter and Newport Railroad Company; chartered 1853, organ., 1867; leased to Maine Central Railroad in 1869 and merged with Maine Central in 1939; Somerset and Kennebec Railroad Company chartered in 1848; leased to Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company in 1867; leased by Maine Central Railroad in 1870 and merged in 1874; Rangeley Lakes and Megantic Railroad Company chartered in 1909 and sold to Maine Central in 1914; Eastern Maine Railway Company sold to Maine Central in 1938; European and North American Railway Company leased to Maine Central in 1882 and purchased by Me. Central in 1950; Androscoggin Railroad Company chartered 1848; portion of road turned over to Lees and Farmington Railroad Company in 1865; leased to Maine Central Railroad in 1871 and merged in 1911; Rumford Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad chartered in 1894; leased to Maine Central Railroad Company in 1907; dissolved in 1939)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Records of the Sebasticook & Moosehead Railroad Company, 1886-1913(Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad Company was chartered in 1899; mortgage foreclosed in 1903; merged with Maine Central Railroad Company in 1911)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Records of the Upper Coos Railroad Company, 1890-1932(Upper Coos Railroad Company of New Hampshire was chartered in 1883 and was leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1890; Upper Coos Railroad Company of Vermont was chartered in 1888 and was leased to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1891; Coos Valley Railroad Company of Vermont was chartered in 1882 and was sold to the Maine Central Railroad Company in 1932)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Records of the Knox & Lincoln Rail Road Company, 1866-1901(Knox and Lincoln Railway Company was organized in 1864 and sold to Penobscot Shore Line Railroad in 1890; the merged roads operated as Knox and Lincoln Railway Company, which was leased to Maine Central Railroad in 1891, and merged in 1901)
        • found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Its Collection, 1898-1938(The Maine Central Railroad Company operated a railroad in eastern and southern Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. It operated between South Portland, Me., east to the US-Canada border with New Brunswick, west to Vermont, and north to Quebec)
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        • 1986-12-18: new
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