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	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.
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was incorporated in 1891, combining the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad.
		The Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Railroad originated as a means of extending the railroad from Portland to South Berwick in 1842, connecting with the Boston and Maine Railroad in South Berwick.
	www.kenanderson.net /aroostook/railroad.html (941 words)

	Magic City Morning Star - N5
		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 BAR was credited with extending the reach of Aroostook County’s potatoes beyond the county line.
		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)

	Welcome to the MaineDOT
		The first railroad companies in Maine were chartered in 1832 and 1833, and, after some initial difficulties, the first trackage was completed in 1836 by the Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and RR from Bangor to Old Town.
		The construction of the Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVR) began in 1909 with a line from Washburn to Presque Isle, Maine and was operational in June 1910.
		In 1891, the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) was incorporated as it combined the Bangor and Piscataquis RR and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad.
	www.maine.gov /mdot/freight/railroading-history.php (1255 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 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.
		In 1995, the BAR was acquired by Iron Road Railways.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook_Railroad (269 words)

	USCA1 Opinion 04-1800
		From this, the trustee argues that Congress was aware of the construction of "abandonment" in section 10903 and is presumed to have adopted that construction in section 1170.
		The courts had construed the former section dealing with railroads in bankruptcy to require an STB determination of whether an abandonment of a debtor's rail line was adverse to the public interest as a prerequisite to abandonment in bankruptcy.
		The incorporation of railroad reorganizations into the general reorganization provisions of the bill eliminates the cumbersome and duplicative procedure of section 77 under which plans of reorganization shuttled back and forth between the [STB] and the courts and proceedings were inevitably more time consuming and expensive.
	www.ca1.uscourts.gov /cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04-1800.01A (5797 words)

	Maine Archives and Museums
		The railroad station was built in 1910 by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.
		In 1986 the station was scheduled to be demolished, but the Oakfield Historical Society bought the building for $1 and agreed to maintain the property.
		Today the Oakfield Station is one of three remaining wood frame railroad structures between Searsport and Fort Kent.
	www.mainemuseums.org /htm/museumdetail.php3?orgID=1615 (72 words)

	Transcript for MPBN'sHOME: The Story of Maine - Program 6, "Trails, Rails and Roads"
		A lot of the narrow gauge railroads were built primarily for the harvesting of the resources in the area.
		Railroads were a part of most everyone's lives and fathers and sons often worked for the same lines.
		Railroads had developed fast and powerful steam locomotives, but their size and weight were cumbersome and railroad corporations demanded a faster, more reliable way to haul.
	www.mpbc.org /homestom/transcript6.html (3136 words)

	Windows on Maine: Similar Objects Search
		This map shows the areas of Maine served by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line, and demonstrates the way that tourism influenced and aided the development of railroad lines in Maine.
		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.
		Notice particularly his description of shovelling trains out of deep snow after a major snowstorm, and his description of how potatoes were shipped in the days before refrigerated railroad cars, when one man had to ride in the specially lined car and keep fires going to keep the potatoes from freezing.
	windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu /similar.aspx?objectid=1-88 (497 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)

	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.
		The railroad’s court-appointed trustee, Massachusetts attorney James Howard, said he wants to sell the entire system as quickly as possible, and Rail World Inc. is the likely buyer.
	premium1.fosters.com /2002/news/apr02/22/me0422a.htm (433 words)

	The Piscataquis Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad on October 6, 1971 signed final papers which deeded what was known as the Derby Community Hall to the Town of Milo with the stipulation that the building be used for recreation purposes only.
		At the time of the construction of this hotel, the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was in full operation with 400 men being employed.
		Orris Dean a retired mechanical superintendent of the railroad recalls a strike of July 1, 1922 and says that the hotel was left with three boarders for a short period of time.
	www.milohistorical.org /history/hotel.htm (702 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)

	Maine Folklife Center
		Topics include history of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, lumbering activities and mills, California Settlement, history of mills, the Great Depression, schools and schooling, farming and farm machinery, social life, and ice cutting.
		Bernard talks about a history of Aroostook county from Stewart Holbrook on the B and A, the forest boundary controversy, and the results of the Aroostook war.
		Jardine talks about the Canadian Pacific Railroad which was built to compete with Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, and an excursion to Boston on Washington’s birthday on the BandA.
	www.umaine.edu /folklife/mf004.htm (5305 words)

	Straight Track #76: Reporting on Hazards
		OSHA also cited the railroad for three other repeat violations for infractions that are "substantially similar" to ones cited in previous inspections.
		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.
		What that means to a railroader who is injured as a result of that condition is that the requirement that the injured railroad prove that the railroad either knew or should have known about the condition is fulfilled.
	www.felahfd.com /HFD5/ST76_newsletter.htm (519 words)

	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.
		I wrote ahead to the railroad for this visit and received a friendly reply along with some company magazines and other literature.
	www.thebluecomet.com /bar.html (575 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)

	History Page!
		If you stand on the platform of the old Bangor And Aroostook Railroad station in Oakfield, you might see the light on the front of a diesel engine as it idles in the railroad yard a half mile to the north.
		Five years and $15,000.00 later the station was reopened as a museum not only to preserve the history of the railroad but also to preserve the history of the surrounding towns which depended on the railroad for service.
		He retired from the railroad in 1988 after 42 years of service, his last job being that of a hostler, whose job it was to move locomotives around in the area of the long-gone roundhouse.
	www.ainop.com /users/oakfield.rr/RR-History.html (817 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)

	Railroads
		Here, in all its 15"x21" glory, is a fine reproduction of a early classic of British railroad literature.
		A request for a loan to improve the railroad and eliminate the use of horse power.
		Guidebook to Colorado, with photographic illustrations of the railroad lines and scenic views.
	www.rare-books.com /railroad.htm (533 words)

	Featured interviews on MPBN'sHOME: The Story of Maine - Program 6, "Trails, Rails and Roads"
		The first time he rode a train was in 1918, when he went with his mother from Bangor to Van Buren to visit his grandparents.
		Forest worked for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad from 1942 until 1975.
		Wayne Duplisea retired from the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1986, after 43 years of service.
	www.mpbc.org /homestom/interviews13.html (415 words)

	Railroad Art Prints
		When not in his studio or framing works of art at his business, Surroundings Gallery, Chuck can be found along the right-of-way snapping photos for future studies.
		Chuck's art can be found on Ebay from time to time and in person at the annual Railroad and Hobby Show, at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, sponsored by the Amherst Railroad Society.
		He specializes in railroads of the Northeast but is willing to add to the collection by special request.
	www.railroadartprints.com (356 words)

	Hermon, Maine
		Incorporated June 13, 1814 Hermon was settled in the late 1700's and the focus of the economy was farming.
		When railroads became prominent in the 19th century, Hermon became a shipping point for pine and spruce.
		The railroad legacy can be found today, with a terminus of the Maine Central Railroad and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad an important part of local economic activity.
	www.bangorregion.com /Website3/Relo/hermon.htm (249 words)

	Maine Wilderness Transformed: Section II
		The railroad and steamship companies not only gave ease of access, they also actively promoted the region as a tourist destination.
		The railroads serving northern Maine actively promoted the region as a tourist destination.
		Most important, the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, chartered by the state legislature in 1891, actively promoted passenger traffic along its own routes by advertising northern Maine as a site for hunting, fishing, and wilderness appreciation.
	www.usm.maine.edu /~maps/exhibit3/sec2.html (698 words)

	Aroostook (The County)
		Highlighted by a low rolling countryside, Aroostook County offers more than 2,000 lakes, streams and rivers, and plenty of opportunities for camping, hiking, biking, golfing and canoeing.
		The Oakfield Railroad Museum is located in the original railroad station in Oakfield and takes visitors back in time to the 19th century and the beginning of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in 1891.
		The Fort Kent blockhouse was constructed in 1839 for the bloodless Aroostook Border War.
	www.campmaine.com /region/region7.php (481 words)

	aroostook - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Aroostook : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Aroostook : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
		Phrases that include aroostook: aroostook river, aroostook war, aroostook band of micmac indians, bangor & aroostook, bangor & aroostook railroad
	www.onelook.com /?w=aroostook (128 words)

	Frank Gecker LLP - Home
		In re Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine.
		A year later, BAR filed for reorganization under Subchapter IV of Title 11, Railroad Reorganization, and sought to oust RR from the line pursuant to section 1170 of the Bankruptcy Code, under which the bankruptcy court may authorize the abandonment of a railroad line.
		The First Circuit held in favor of RR that the bankruptcy court does not have the authority under section 1170 to adversely abandon the lines or trackage rights of a non-debtor, on the petition of a debtor railroad who owned those lines at the time of bankruptcy.
	www.fgllp.com /precedent.htm (1211 words)

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		RailTex is acquiring all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of I&O. The exemption became effective, and it was reported in a letter filed in STB Finance Docket No. 32976 (STB served June 21, 1996), that the transaction was consummated, on June 4, 1996.
		This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type specifically exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3).
		The State of Ohio purchased the line from EL's bankruptcy estate in 1981, and the Van Wert County and Allen County Port Authorities (Authorities) acquired the line from the State in September 1982.
	www.trainnet.org /Libraries/Lib001/DOT-14.TXT (2507 words)

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