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FITZER and JOHN RAFFERTY were undoubtedly killed or drowned by the railroad drawbridge disaster at Charlestown yesterday morning. Their bodies were probably swept away by the current.
DREADFUL RAILROAD DISASTER.; A Train on the Boston and Maine Railroad Runs Through a Draw--Five Persons killed and a Number Injured.
Lewiston and Auburn have been waiting for their turn for passenger rail to come to us,' said Lewiston Sen. Peggy Rotundo, the ...
Well, now’s your chance — a former train depot for the Boston and Maine Railroad is up for sale in Kennebunk. The charming wood-frame building at 12 Depot St. is listed at $939,000.
Jacqui Clydesdale, a writer in Saint John, is creating a musical from people's memories of the Gull, a passenger train that ...
After reducing its summer passenger runs this year, operators of a Rockland-to-Brunswick rail line hope a new connection to Amtrak’s Downeaster train to Boston and lower ticket prices may boost ...
An earthquake just off Maine Monday was felt in Boston and into Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, according to a "shake map." ...
The Maine Eastern Railroad has two trains. The Mid-Coast Limited runs between Brunswick and Rockland, offering a two-hour ride each way with an on-board gift shop and snack bar.
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 ...
BRATTLEBORO — On August 12, 1916 the Union Station opened for railroad customers. Today we know it as the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. The original construction of the building was a long, ...
The to-do list runs dozens of pages and contains 1,035 individual tasks. When Steamtown National Historic Site finally checks off the last one, the fully restored Boston & Maine Railroad 3713 ...
Crews will begin work April 1, tearing up and replacing 130,000 railroad ties along 124 miles of the Amtrak Downeaster railroad line from the Massachusetts border to Brunswick, Maine, officials said.