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New owner, new name: MMA to become the Central Maine and Quebec Railway

HERMON — Once the sale of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway is complete, that name will be filed away in the history books. Railroad Acquisition Holdings, the affiliate of New York-based investment firm Fortress Investment Group that is in the process of buying Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway out of bankruptcy, will change […]

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Wrongful death claimants in Lac-Megantic disaster want George Mitchell to oversee allocation of railroad’s funds

BANGOR — A Chicago law firm on Wednesday filed a proposal that would appoint former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell to oversee the allocation of available funds in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s bankruptcy case to the victims who have filed wrongful death and personal injury claims. The firm Meyers & Flowers filed the […]

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‘Multiple bids’ made in auction for Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway assets

BANGOR — Multiple parties have made initial bids for the assets of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway ahead of next week’s auction. The deadline for bids on the railroad’s assets was the end of the day Friday. Robert Keach, the railroad company’s trustee in its bankruptcy proceedings, told the Bangor Daily News after […]

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Auction for railroad in Quebec derailment gets OK

PORTLAND (AP) — As the first trains rolled into a Quebec town devastated by a derailment and fire that killed 47 people, a federal bankruptcy judge approved bidding procedures Wednesday for the auction of the Maine-based railroad that owned the train. The action in a courtroom in Bangor came on the same day the first […]

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Bankruptcy judge approves $3 million loan for railway

BANGOR — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Wednesday approved a $3 million loan from Camden National Bank that will allow the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway to continue operating with two-man crews running the trains. Canadian authorities in August ordered the railroad to use two-man crews for all hazardous material transportation in response to the […]