Maine Central Railroad Caboose 655, which has been converted to a living space, is available for sale in Madrid Township.
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Maine gets $53 million to improve freight rail safety, reconnect former Millinocket mill site
The federal funding will be used to upgrade mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties and restore a rail service to the Great Northern Paper mill redevelopment site.
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Boston eyes $8 billion rail plan that would benefit Maine
A new ‘Rail Link’ between North and South stations would ease passenger rail between Maine and the rest of America
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Work starts on bullet train rail line from Sin City to the City of Angels
A $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction.
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BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
The railroad is defending itself against accusations that it is liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former Libby, Montana, residents.
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Railroad ties ablaze in Lewiston
LEWISTON – Police and fire crews went to an area beneath the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge early Friday after a stack of railroad ties was reported up in flames. A truck driver heading across the bridge at about 1:15 a.m. reported the fire. The first police officer to arrive reported “a very large fire” directly beneath […]
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Car driving on train tracks in Portland gets stuck
Portland police summoned the driver of a car that became stuck Sunday night on train tracks between Lincoln and Coyle streets in the city’s Woodfords neighborhood. Sgt. Jake Tinkham said the driver, a male whose name was unavailable, received a summons for driving to endanger, a Class E misdemeanor. Tinkham said the car blocked the […]
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Poland Spring to ship water on rails
AUGUSTA — Poland Spring Water is increasingly using trains to move its bottled water from Maine to markets in Massachusetts. The company on Friday will begin shipping containers on trains from a previously unused intermodal facility in Waterville. Trucks will be hauling the containers to Waterville from the company’s bottling plant in Kingfield. The trains […]
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Two proposals submitted to operate rail between Rockland, Brunswick
ROCKLAND — Two proposals were submitted to the state to operate the railroad line that runs from Brunswick to Rockland. The identities of the two bidders are not yet being released by the state. The deadline for bidders to submit proposals was Thursday. Maine Eastern Railroad has run the line since 2003. Maine Eastern Railroad […]