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	BANGOR and AROOSTOOK RAILROAD
		Operating from Bangor, Maine, the railroad ran north to the small town of Oakfield.
		The railroad operated from a yard just west of downtown Bangor, which was known Northern Maine Junction.
		Recently the Bangor and Aroostook has fallen on hard times.
	www.thebluecomet.com /bar.html (575 words)

	Bangor History: 1800s
		Bangor became the center of the lumber industry, which included all levels of society: the timberland owners, lumber companies, sawmills, shingle mills, lumbermen and log drivers.
		Bangor was referred to in the press as being a New York City in miniature.
		In 1896 the Bangor Symphony Orchestra was founded, and continues as the oldest community orchestra in the country.
	www.bpl.lib.me.us /spcoll/1800s.htm (1142 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Aroostook
		A season interrupted ; In Aroostook County, the potato harvest and a split sports season is a tradition and a valued way of life.
		Big and bright; Aroostook County is the shining light of Maine's countryside.
		Aroostook County, Maine, growers expect sufficient mustard crop.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Aroostook&StartAt=11 (795 words)

	Magic City Morning Star - N5
		In its resolution, the Council urges state and federal officials to assist in the effort to preserve an active Bangor and Aroostook Rail System in its current form, with connections to the port at Searsport, the Canadian Pacific Railway in Van Buren, Eastern Maine Railway in Brownville, and with Guilford Rail System in Hermon.
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was chartered in 1891, and the building of the BAR was an epic story in Maine’s railroad history.
		The importance of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad to Great Northern Paper Company was demonstrated by Brian Stetson, when he explained that Great Northern is expecting to ship 90 percent of the paper from its Number 11 machine by rail.
	magic-city-news.com /mcms/html/020101railsystemsupport.html (457 words)

	Bangor Maine Online! Bangor ME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bangor planning board gave their okay to plans for what would be the first Walgreens in Maine.
		Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. has 43060 customers in Hancock and Washington counties, including residential and small commercial customers who were paying 4.5...
		Settled in 1769, it was occupied by the British during the War of 1812.
	www.bangorme.com (464 words)

	Bangor In Focus: The Great Fire of 1911
		The Bangor Daily News reported that residents calmly evacuated their homes and took as many of their belongings as they could to the Broadway mall.
		Bangor High School students and their principal tried to save as much from the doomed school building as they could.
		Bangor Public Library opened the doors to its new home on Harlow Street in December 1913, only a few months after the new Bangor High School opened next door.
	bangorinfo.com /Focus/focus_1911_fire.html (3092 words)

	History of Railroads in Maine
		The first railroads in Maine were chartered in 1832-1833, and the first tracks were completed in 1836 by the Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad, and ran from Bangor to Old Town.
		In 1864, a charter was obtained from the State of Maine to construct a railroad from Bangor to Moosehead Lake.
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was incorporated in 1891, combining the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad.
	www.kenanderson.net /aroostook/railroad.html (941 words)

	Cole Land Transportation Museum Bangor Maine Pictures of the Collection
		Bangor and Aroostook Railroad purchased this unit in 1949.
		After being retired in 1980, it was repainted and donated to the museum by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
		A Maine Central Railroad station was located at Enfield Station, 35 miles north of Bangor, and served an area between Howland and Burlington, Maine, from 1890 to the 1960's.
	www.colemuseum.org /pict_collection.cfm?CatID=18 (806 words)

	Bangor pictures and videos on Webshots
		Bangor.- Molly from Bangor at Mollys Yard in Belfast, N...
		Bangor.- Tommy the ScotsMan at the Bonfire...04 in Whit...
		Bangor.- Bangor Girls...2004, County Down in Northern I...
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Bangor (406 words)

	Penobscot Bay Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The City of Bangor owns about one mile of Penobscot River frontage, which extends from the confluence of the Kenduskeag Stream and the Penobscot River to immediately upstream of the I-396 Veterans Remembrance Bridge.
		Bangor has designated this river frontage for redevelopment for commercial and recreational uses.
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR), owned by the Iron Roads Corporation, extends from the Mack Point pier facility in Searsport to Northern Maine Junction in Hermon (just to the west of Bangor International Airport), through the northwestern corner of Bangor, and north to the Millinocket area and Aroostook County.
	www.penbay.org /bangor_port.html (873 words)

	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (AAR reporting mark BAR) is a defunct United States railroad company, that formerly operated lines in northern Maine.
		The company was incorporated in 1891 to combine the lines of the former Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway.
		Bangor and Aroostook - Boston and Albany (NYC) - Boston and Maine - Canadian Pacific - Central Vermont (CN) - Grand Trunk (CN) - Maine Central - New Haven - Rutland
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook_Railroad (302 words)

	Communication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aroostook Communication Inc. has been serving their valued customers for over 40 years.
		The Bangor Daily News is delivered on a daily basis by mail or by pick up at one of three convenient stores in the area.
		The city of Presque Isle is the principal point for both advertising and circulation with the newspaper circulated in 15 other communities in central Aroostook County.
	www.ume.maine.edu /~ITHCRA/Ithcra/presque_isle/communication.htm (619 words)

	Windows on Maine: Similar Objects Search
		Photograph captioned: "A section of the road bed from archway north to the trestle." Group of workmen posed on railroad tracks during the construction of a part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
		Photograph captioned "Workmen in a deep cut." Show's men with wagons and horses engaged in creating a roadbed for the tracks during the construction of a part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
		Photograph captioned: "Team with scoop at work." They are at work levelling the road bed during the construction of a part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
	windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu /similar.aspx?objectid=1-130 (379 words)

	Greater Bangor news: Bangor, Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Hermon, Holden, Orrington, Veazie and more...
		BANGOR - Hurricane Katrina wiped away a good portion of Slidell, La., and visiting firefighters - including those from Bangor and the Portland area - were crucial to the rebuilding process.
		BANGOR - The New York City man charged with running a drug ring that sold and distributed at least $300,000 worth of cocaine in the Bangor area was sentenced Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.
		BANGOR - A Vermont man charged with stealing 15 guns from a Brewer store waived indictment and pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy, theft of firearms from a federally licensed dealer and possession of stolen firearms, according to court documents.
	www.bangordailynews.com /mainenews/city.aspx (1464 words)

	History of Railroads in Maine
		The first railroads in Maine were chartered in 1832-1833, and the first tracks were completed in 1836 by the Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad, and ran from Bangor to Old Town.
		In 1864, a charter was obtained from the State of Maine to construct a railroad from Bangor to Moosehead Lake.
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was incorporated in 1891, combining the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad.
	kenanderson.net /aroostook/railroad.html (941 words)

	Construction of "Milo Junction"
		Before describing in particular some of the buildings being erected, lets read, from a Bangor and Aroostook railroad report that was published in the Piscataquis Observer, why this spot of some 100 acres was chosen for the location of what was said to be the second largest in New England.
		"Milo Junction is the point on the old Bangor and Piscataquis railroad, which is now a part of the Bangor and Aroostook, where the branch to Greenville and Moosehead Lake diverges from the main line, which goes on to Brownville, where the Katahdin Iron Works branch begins.
		A few miles to the south of the Junction is South LaGrange, where the Northern Seaport railroad, from the coast at Stockton Springs, strikes the main line and transfers the cars bound for a northern journey.
	www.trcmaine.org /headlines/article.php?num=354 (940 words)

	Bangor & Aroostook Railroad GP38s Oakfield Maine photo 101856 © John S Murray
		Bangor and Aroostook Railroad GP38s Oakfield Maine photo 101856 © John S Murray
		No part of this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording by an information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of John S. Murray.
		Bangor and Aroostook RR GP38s 86 and 85   - Oakfield Maine ; 101856
	www.homestead.com /johnsmurrayphotography/photo101856.html (95 words)

	skiing page
		Aroostook, Maine's largest and northernmost county, you'll find a lot of natural, cultural and recreational resources.
		Among the many historical attractions in the Aroostook County area are the Acadian Village, The Allagash Historical Society, and The Oakfield Railroad Museum.
		The Oakfield Railroad Museum is a former Bangor and Aroostook Railroad depot that has been restored by the Oakfield Historical Society.
	www.cave-hill.sad26.k12.me.us /quest/aroostpg.htm (728 words)

	030314bargnp
		On the Effect of GNP Closure on Bangor and Aroostook
		BANGOR -- In a presentation to an Action Committee at Husson College in Bangor, Rail World Inc. president, Ed Burkhardt, said that he never expected that he would be dealing with the prolonged closure of the railroad’s biggest customer just hours after he finalized the purchase of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
		Burkhardt is also the chairman of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the new owners of Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
	magic-city-news.com /mcms/html/030314bargnp.html (243 words)

	Chemins historiques (Aroostook) - Le fait français au Maine
		While much is known about the coming of Acadians and Canadians to Aroostook County by way of the Temiscouata Portage Road in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, less is known about the use of the Aroostook Roads system by French Canadians later in the nineteenth century.
		It is known that by the 1830s the first francophone families had reached Bangor while the Aroostook roads network was still under construction.
		Over the next two decades approximately one hundred additional families would settle around Bangor, while over the next four decades thousands more would find their way into the industrializing communities further to the south such as Waterville, Lewiston, and Portland.
	www.francomaine.org /English/Histo/Aroostook/Aroostook_(9).html (239 words)

	Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
		Bangor and Aroostook snowplow extra heads south at Brownsville, Maine with two GP38's pushing from behind on February 14, 1988.
		Bangor and Aroostook motive power at the Northern Maine Junction engine facility in Bangor, Maine on May 26, 1991.
		Bangor and Aroostook GP38 #88 sits next to the Searsport station while the crew takes a break in switching the yard on August 24, 1987.
	www.trainweb.org /trains/bar.htm (226 words)

	Aroostook County news: Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Madawaska and more...
		Aroostook County news: Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Madawaska and more...
		A Limestone woman accused of causing the death of a toddler she was baby-sitting last month was one of 64 people indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury on Friday.
		BANGOR - A Madawaska man was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison Wednesday for smuggling nearly 20 pounds of marijuana across the border last year.
	www.bangordailynews.com /mainenews/aroostook.asp (1410 words)

	Bangor and Aroostook sale likely by end of summer
		OWLS HEAD, Maine (AP) — The Bangor and Aroostook System will likely be sold intact by the end of the summer to a Chicago-based rail management and investment company for less than the $62 million it offered last year.
		Since then, a federal judge has declared the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad involutarily bankrupt at the request of three creditors who are owed a total of more than $7 million.
		Besides Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, the system includes Canadian American, Quebec Southern Railway Co. Ltd.
	premium1.fosters.com /2002/news/apr02/22/me0422a.htm (433 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Transportation to and from Bangor as well as within the city is enhanced by good roads, excellent local and regional bus service, and an outstanding airport.
		Domestic carriers provide commercial air passengers from Bangor International Airport with regional and national connections.
		http://www.emdc.org/buscover.htm which is operated by the city and headquartered at the Pickering Square Parking Garage in downtown Bangor.
	www.ume.maine.edu /~ITHCRA/Ithcra/Bangor/transport.html (157 words)

	GORP - Northern Maine Mania - Aroostook Valley Trail
		Creating a circular tour through northern Aroostook County, this 52.5-mile journey allows bicyclists to pedal the old path of the Aroostook Valley Railroad and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
		The Aroostook Valley Trail passes through woods of spruce and cedar, past abandoned potato fields, and through countless bogs.
		This is a pleasant trail, much narrower than the old Bangor and Aroostook Railroad trail, passing through a series of bogs and along the edge of pastures.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/menasha/bik_aro3.htm (1462 words)

	Straight Track #76: Reporting on Hazards
		Among the alleged repeat violations, which account for $44,500 in fines were: bench grinders without guards, forklifts modified without approval from the manufacturer, and wet floors.
		OSHA cited similar hazards during a November 1998 inspection of the Derby shop and a May 2000 inspection of Bangor and Aroostook's Northern Main Junction facility.
		It is worthwhile to remember that every written complaint to the railroad concerning a safety hazard whether or not it turns into a formal complaint to OSHA or the FRA is actual notice to the railroad of that unsafe condition.
	www.felahfd.com /HFD5/ST76_newsletter.htm (519 words)

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