Name
|
Mark
|
System[a]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
Androscoggin Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1848
|
1911
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1845
|
1862
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Aroostook Northern Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1897
|
1901
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Aroostook River Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1873
|
1989
|
N/A
|
|
Aroostook Valley Railroad
|
AVL
|
|
1902
|
1996
|
N/A
|
Electric until 1946
|
Atlantic and North-West Railway
|
|
CP
|
1886
|
1994
|
Canadian American Railroad
|
|
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad
|
|
CN
|
1845
|
1960
|
Canadian National Railway
|
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
BAR
|
BAR
|
1891
|
2003
|
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
|
|
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway
|
|
BAR
|
1881
|
1901
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Bangor, Oldtown and Milford Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1855
|
1870
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
Bangor and Orono Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1847
|
1850
|
Penobscot Railroad
|
|
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1861
|
1899
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company
|
|
MEC
|
1833
|
1855
|
Bangor, Oldtown and Milford Railroad
|
|
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
|
BML
|
MEC
|
1868
|
2001
|
N/A
|
Continues as a tourist railroad[1]
|
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1867
|
1868
|
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
|
|
Boston and Maine Corporation
|
BM
|
B&M
|
1963
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
B&M, BM
|
B&M
|
1844
|
1964
|
Boston and Maine Corporation
|
|
Bridgton and Harrison Railway
|
|
|
1927
|
1941
|
N/A
|
|
Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1881
|
1930
|
Bridgton and Harrison Railway
|
|
Buckfield Branch Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1847
|
1863
|
Portland and Oxford Central Railroad
|
|
Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1873
|
1882
|
Eastern Maine Railway
|
|
Calais Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1838
|
1849
|
Calais and Baring Railroad
|
|
Calais Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1832
|
1838
|
Calais Railroad
|
|
Calais and Baring Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1849
|
1870
|
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
|
|
Canadian American Railroad
|
CDAC
|
|
1994
|
2003
|
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
|
|
Canadian Atlantic Railway
|
|
CP
|
1988
|
1994
|
Canadian American Railroad, Eastern Maine Railway
|
|
Canadian National Railway
|
CN
|
CN
|
1923
|
1989
|
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
|
|
Canadian Pacific Railway
|
CP
|
CP
|
1886
|
1988
|
Canadian Atlantic Railway
|
|
Consolidated European and North American Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1872
|
1880
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
Dexter and Newport Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1853
|
1939
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1888
|
1939
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Eastern Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1847
|
1890
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Eastern Maine Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1882
|
1936
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1880
|
1955
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1850
|
1872
|
Consolidated European and North American Railway
|
|
Eustis Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1903
|
1911
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Fish River Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1901
|
1903
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Franklin and Megantic Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1884
|
1897
|
Franklin and Megantic Railway
|
|
Franklin and Megantic Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1897
|
1908
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railway
|
|
|
1897
|
1901
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
|
|
Georges Valley Railroad
|
|
|
1889
|
1919
|
Knox Railroad
|
|
Grand Trunk Railway
|
GT
|
CN
|
1853
|
1923
|
Canadian National Railway
|
|
Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1841
|
1865
|
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
|
|
Houlton Branch Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1867
|
1989
|
N/A
|
|
International Railway of Maine
|
|
CP
|
1881
|
1886
|
Atlantic and North-West Railway
|
|
Kennebec Central Railroad
|
|
|
1889
|
1929
|
N/A
|
|
Kennebec and Portland Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1836
|
1864
|
Portland and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
Kennebec Valley Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1903
|
1904
|
Somerset Railway
|
|
Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad
|
|
|
1854
|
1873
|
Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad
|
|
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1882
|
1919
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Kingfield and Dead River Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1893
|
1897
|
Kingfield and Dead River Railway
|
|
Kingfield and Dead River Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1897
|
1908
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Knox Railroad
|
|
|
1919
|
1932
|
N/A
|
|
Knox and Lincoln Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1864
|
1890
|
Penobscot Shore Line Railroad
|
|
Knox and Lincoln Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1891
|
1901
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Leeds and Farmington Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1865
|
1874
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad
|
|
CN
|
1872
|
|
|
|
Lewy's Island Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1854
|
1870
|
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
|
|
Lime Rock Railroad
|
|
|
1864
|
1942
|
N/A
|
|
Machiasport Railroad
|
|
|
1845
|
1872
|
Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad
|
|
Madrid Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1902
|
1908
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
MEC
|
MEC
|
1862
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
|
Maine Coast Railroad
|
MC
|
|
1990
|
2000
|
Safe Handling Rail, Inc.
|
|
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1836
|
1844
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Maine Shore Line Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1881
|
1888
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Monson Railroad
|
|
|
1885
|
1943
|
N/A
|
|
Monson and Athens Railroad
|
|
|
1881
|
1885
|
Monson Railroad
|
|
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
|
MMA
|
MMA
|
2002
|
2004
|
Central Maine and Quebec Railway
|
Went bankrupt following the Lac-Mégantic derailment
|
New Brunswick Railway
|
|
CP
|
1878
|
1890
|
Canadian Pacific Railway
|
|
New Brunswick and Canada Railway
|
|
CP
|
1870
|
1882
|
New Brunswick Railway
|
|
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1904
|
1919
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Norway Branch Railroad
|
|
CN
|
1879
|
|
|
|
Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1852
|
1864
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
Orchard Beach Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1876
|
1893
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Palmer and Machiasport Railroad
|
|
|
1842
|
1845
|
Machiasport Railroad
|
|
Patten and Sherman Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1895
|
1901
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Penobscot Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1853
|
1863
|
European and North American Railway
|
|
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1845
|
1862
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad
|
|
CP
|
1871
|
1881
|
International Railway of Maine
|
|
Penobscot, Lincoln and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1849
|
1864
|
Knox and Lincoln Railroad
|
|
Penobscot Shore Line Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1889
|
1891
|
Knox and Lincoln Railway
|
|
Penobscot and Union River Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1870
|
1873
|
Bucksport and Bangor Railroad
|
|
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1889
|
1908
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Portland and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1862
|
1874
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1867
|
1887
|
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
|
|
Portland and Ogdensburg Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1886
|
1943
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Portland and Oxford Central Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1857
|
1896
|
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
|
|
Portland and Rochester Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1864
|
1900
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1907
|
1946
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1890
|
1946
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway
|
|
|
1898
|
1933
|
|
|
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1837
|
1900
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Portland Terminal Company
|
PTM
|
MEC
|
1911
|
|
|
Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
|
Portland Union Railway Station Company
|
|
MEC
|
1887
|
1911
|
Portland Terminal Company
|
|
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1865
|
1890
|
Boston and Maine Railroad
|
|
Rangeley Lakes and Megantic Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1909
|
1914
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Rockport Railroad
|
|
|
1886
|
1896
|
N/A
|
|
Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1874
|
1896
|
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway
|
|
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1894
|
1936
|
N/A
|
|
Safe Handling Rail, Inc.
|
|
|
2000
|
2003
|
Maine Eastern Railroad
|
|
St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1870
|
1899
|
Washington County Railroad
|
|
Sandy River Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1879
|
1908
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1908
|
1935
|
N/A
|
|
Sanford and Eastern Railroad
|
|
|
1949
|
1961
|
N/A
|
|
Schoodic Stream Railroad
|
|
BAR
|
1906
|
1907
|
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
|
|
Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1886
|
1910
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Somerset Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1860
|
1883
|
Somerset Railway
|
|
Somerset Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1904
|
1911
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Somerset Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1883
|
1904
|
Kennebec Valley Railroad
|
|
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1848
|
1874
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Van Buren Bridge Company
|
VB
|
BAR
|
1913
|
2003
|
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
|
|
Washington County Railroad
|
|
MEC
|
1893
|
1903
|
Washington County Railway
|
|
Washington County Railway
|
|
MEC
|
1903
|
1911
|
Maine Central Railroad
|
|
Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad
|
|
|
1895
|
1901
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
|
|
Whitneyville and Machiasport Railroad
|
|
|
1872
|
1892
|
N/A
|
|
Wiscasset and Moosehead Lake Railroad
|
|
|
1873
|
1876
|
Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad
|
|
Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad
|
|
|
1876
|
1901
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
|
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
|
|
|
1901
|
1906
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
|
|
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1933
|
N/A
|
|
York and Cumberland Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1846
|
1865
|
Portland and Rochester Railroad
|
|
York Harbor and Beach Railroad
|
|
B&M
|
1883
|
1927
|
N/A
|
|
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