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The Empty Lot, 1961
No full textThe former site of Union Station sits barren. City Hall, the brick tower at the left of the photo, will soon follow suite.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1021/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Roundhouse, Sanborn Map, Maine Central Railroad, ca. 1914-55
No full textThis is a Sanborn Insurance Map view of the old Bangor Roundhouse of the Maine Central Railroad.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1009/thumbnail.jp
Union Station Sanborn Map, ca. 1914-55
No full textThis Sanborn Map image of Bangor\u27s Union Station and train shed shows the track layout and structural dimensions of the landmark.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1008/thumbnail.jp
Old Town Roundhouse, ca. 1863
No full textThe Old Town roundhouse with the 4-4-0 locomotive Dover. The Dover may be an engine acquired by the Maine Central from the Dover & Winnipeg in 1863 and renamed the Union.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1006/thumbnail.jp
North Whitefield Depot, ca. 1910
No full textThe railroad depot at North Whitefield at around the turn of the century.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1005/thumbnail.jp
Green Mountain Railroad, ca. 1883
No full textThe Green Mountain cog railroad was the brainchild of Bangor entrepreneur Francis Clergue. Green Mountain, now called Cadillac Mountain, is on Mt. Desert Island. The mountain was a tourist destination. The locomotive and cars were high-behinds so they would ride level on the mountainside. The front wheels were small and the rear wheels were very large. The gauge was four feet, seven and a half inches. This is the same gauge as the Mount Washington cog railway. Both of the Green Mountain locomotives ended up at Mount Washington after the Green Mountain railroad ceased operations in 1895.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_other_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
Interior View of the Union Station Train Shed, ca. 1907
No full textAn interior view of the Union Station Train Shed with passenger cars on the tracks.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1011/thumbnail.jp
Waterville, ca. 1875
No full textThe locomotive Waterville was built Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company in 1870. A 4-4-0, the locomotive was given the number 39 by the Maine Central. (specs 16x24-62-69200).https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1012/thumbnail.jp
Wm. D. Sewall, ca. 1870
No full textThe Wm. D. Sewall , previously number 14 with the Portland & Kennebec, became number 31 with the Maine Central. Built in 1864 by Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts, the locomotive was a 4-4-0. (specs. 15x22-60-56500)https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1008/thumbnail.jp
Maine Central Railroad Yard, Sanborn Map, ca. 1914-55
No full textThe Sanborn Insurance Map image showing the Maine Central Freight Yard in Bangor between Main Street and the Penobscot River.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_structures_img/1010/thumbnail.jp