TRAVEL. 1895 trip to Moogehead Lake Maine Rivers October I5, 1895. Back this morning from a fort- night's canoeing and camping trip made with Sam Warren and his wife through the north-Maine wilderess from Moosehead Lake to the St Johns at Connors, therellroad terminus. We left Moosehead Jake on Saturday, September by the was North-east Carry, which takes one across from its northern bay to the West Branch of the Penobscot river, flowing, already a river of size , but a mile or so away, a low, risemp of wooded landMand dividing ohen alone slight barren, thinly The Moosehead Lake is the great gathering basin of the Kennebec waters whose real origin , however, is the chain eastward-flowing Moose River, with its far stretching of lesser lakes, along whose border the railroad now passes on Canada-ward. Moose River flows into the lake near the center of its western shore, and a dozen miles or so with southward the Kennebec flows out, with a south-westerly, course_ west thing The Penobscut's branch, to the north of use Moose River, like it, eastward until well past the northern end of Moosehead Lake, then north- ward and eastward to the head of the great Chesuncook lake 2 through which, and far beyond, its waters flow southerly and easterly, passing by the western foot of the mountains of the Katahdin rangeto whose north and east the Penobscot's Fast Branch finds rise and course, the mountain with its slopes and lesser peaks lying like a great islandwithin their all but en- circling flow. A dozen or more miles to the north of lake Chesuncook is another, Chamberlain , similar in in general shape and trend and not greatly less in size, whose waters flow out naturally northward through the Allegash river into the St Johns but which, being raised by a low dam,are now used in springtime to drive logs down the Penobscot through this eastern branch, so close do the head waters of the two also though rivers come. These two less in size than Moose- headlest seem to me, with their and more miles of length, their yet Sens comparative that nowhere lets the shore be too far off narrowness for interest, and their grand view to the southward of Maine's one great mountain mass, to be the pick and flower of all her lakes I would gladly see these again and go no its further, these and the Katahdin range with woods and lessen Buynd was was Moosehead Lake is a splendid I fon i t it question, sheet of water but less picturesque and interesting in its sheet scenery than I had imagined. I had thought of it askins in by bold and mountainous shores of but though the land about it in thought mith wild and wooded the shores are for the most part low, and only here and there is there 3 is there aught mountainous even in the more distant view. One mountain there is, Mt Kineo, at whose base the only con- siderable hotel upon the lake stands , a bold mass of rock some few hundred feet in height with a grand cliff upon its southern side, which juts out peninsula fashion into the narrow middle water of the lake. Nearly opposite, upon the western side, is the mouth of of the lake's main feeder, Moose River, and by it, on the southern side, rise other hills, those of the Blue Ridge. which Avain other To the north lies the great North Bay states. has extent without the than interest save that of novelty and of the monotonous woods upon its real In Themselves shores. And woods, even if they be fine was, are monotonous one Sun them - mg when they stretch- on. unbroken by cultivation, unrelieved by open homelines. reject which ground or any sign of human the If the woods be open, one should walk in un to realize From Their beau them under and among the individual treesto Use see them as they fronder laf 2 Some passule-land or shream or or make anament Hada their when one look at it h inclusion him mass gives color A into form Marion or Size, Character that Color only unit little fines term landscafe it it service day for light & shadow any Swallour while the address from of largely the n in that unholem fa of maked follage 4 The greater part of the way from the North-east Carry to Chesuncook Lake down the West Branch the river flows through a a vast bog-land covered by alder and other also low swamp-growth. There had been a sparse growth of hacma- tack, the American larch , in these low lands but some in- sect disease swept through the country few some years ago and their only dead remained. Where the land was somewhat higher the graw se thing but elms hemlock I did 3 not see then, nor in great quantity at any time it is hid, labit evidently more local less generally abundant throughout Aroun, the state than I have supposed; pines along but only Singly the banks the finest of them had all been felled long 40013 ago by the lumbermen. earlen Canue birch and poplargrew abundantly save in the marsh lands; fir was abundant too, and there were occasional spruce mingled Outfor f r 1fth dge, with it's afterward found the spruce growing the most above dont all the forces has As we got Like further down toward Chesuncook lease slate rock showed itself) and slight, made picturesque rapids Yes Story "It's Along this part the Mountain Ash grew u on the river banks in great number, seeming to like the low, wet yet never stagnant she situation; the trees were full of the see clusters of berries which gave a bright note of color to this A mountain tree with us the Mee is not, in spite of its name: it the sea-share, the banks of doesnot lakes and streams, by the roadsides it like (Ore) 5. highertont Drik Character of the when it Whenew it Can get open they good tool, only y Moislum within / stagnation upon The member and grout II the shream, after the bank because it fride these a break in the good Had Thoreau Wabanaki Trail - Book and Exhibit Page 1 of 1 Thoreau Wabanaku is Trail THOREAL-WABANAKI TRAIL Hoberin History Presenter before TRAIL OVERVIEW TRAIL MAP THOREAU IN MAINE WABANAKI IN MAINE THE BOOK THE EXHIBIT PARTNERS NEWS AND EVENTS SUPPORT OUR WORK contact us home 1853: Moosehead Lake to Chesuncook Lake Roundtrip. Named Mspame by the Indians (most likely a phonetic attempt at the Penobscot word for 'lake'. which is mehkwasrpem), Moosehead Lake is the largest lake in New England. This is where Thoreau began his canoe expeditions in 1853 and 1857. In 1853, he took a steamer all the way from Greenville to the Northeast Carry, where he, George Thatcher, and Penobscot Guide Joe Attean then descended the West Branch of the Penobscot to Chesuncook Lake. They spent a night at the home of Ansel Smith, a man who made his living by lodging and feeding the lumberers. From Smith's. Thoreau. Thatcher, and Attean turned around and retraced their steps. traveling back up the West Branch to Northeast Carry and caught the steamer back to Greenville. Read more "Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites NS to lav our eve level with her smallest leaf and take all insect view of its plain.^ Heary David Theredu http://www.thoreauwabanakitrail.org/overview-03.html 1/13/2008 Thoreau-Wabanaki 8 Trail 1853, REFLECTING ON HIS TRIP: 1846, CLIMBING KATAHDIN: "Why should not we have our "There it was, the State of Maine, national reserves, where no villages which we had seen on the map, need be destroyed, in which the but not much like that, bear and panther. may still exist, Eagle Lake -immeasurable forest for the sun to and not be civilized off the face of shine on, that eastern stuff we bear of the earth,--our forests to bold in Massachusetts. No clearing, no and preserve the lord of creation, house. Countless lakes and not for idle sport or food, but for July 28, 1857 mountains, also, whose names, for the inspiration and our own true Chamberlain Lake July 29, 1857 most part, are known only to Indians." recreation? or shall we, like the July 27, 1857 villians, grub them all up, poaching on our own national domains?". July 30, 1857 July 26, 1857 Sepr. 18, 1853 Chesuncook Lake Ktaten Sept. 17 Kcl-sakok Large Mountain Sept. 16 At the big outlet Katahdin Chesuncook Lake Sept. 19, 1853 July 25, 1857 September July 31, 1857 September 6 Abol Stream Wahsehtak Stream of Light Baxter East Branch September 8 State Park Penobscot River July 24, 1857 3. Mt. Kinco Moosehead Lake Sept. 5 Mosatopakam Sept. 3-4 Moose Head Molunkus Sept. 9 1857 by canoe Moosehead Lake River August, 1857 1853 by steamer Mattawamkeag MAINE September 2, 1846 July 23, 1857 Greenville August 2, 1857 In 1853 and 1857, Thoreau took a stagecoach to Greenville using the Sept. 15 and Monson dirt roads that connected villages. Sept. 20. 1853 Most, but not all, of this route follows public roads today. Enfield September 1, 1846 Dover-Foxcroft Passadumkeag Guilford 1846 Passadumkeag-Katahdin Arrived in Alanape manahan Bangor August 31; left September 10, 1846. The Peoples Island East Corinth 1853: Monson-Chesuncook. Arrived in Bangor Indian Island September 14; left September 25, 1853. Exeter Corners Indian Island 1857: Full loop from Bangor: arrived July 21, Kenduskeag August 3, 1857 left August 6, 1857. Levant 1846 Route and campsites 1853 Route and campsites 10 mi MAP AREA Bangor 10 km 1857 Route and campsites Design by Michael Hernann Thoreau's Maine Woods Page 1 of 3 Thoreau's Chesuncook NAHE "Strange that 80 few ever come to the woods to see hate the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arma to the WOODS light - to see its perfect success. but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success!" Houlland Press Arrald NEWSCHANNEL WOME-TV PORTLAND We begin our search for Henry David Thoreau, retracing his route through the Maine woods 150 years later. What we see initially MLLADASIF & gives us little confidence we RASTERMINI will find any trace of it. The Mount Kineo juts up from the shoreline of Moosehead Lake. town of Greenville, then barely a clearing along the shore of New England's largest lake, is brimming with tourists, and SO is the Therean the lake itself. In Chesuncook, however, we pick up WRITER Thoreau's scent Thoreab The Chesuncook stories: Searching for Thoreau Henry David Thoreau came to Maine in search of a deeper wilderness. He found it. But 150 years later, what A group of five loons make their way along the shoreline of Therent remains of his beloved Chesuncook Lake. Staff photos A INSTORY frontier? by John Ewing. Thoreau: Inspired writer, profound thinker The His essay 'Civil Disobedience' influenced Gandhi and in PUDTOS Kennedy, but his nature writings remain his most important works. 'Maine Woods' inspires many to retrace route Thoreau's observations and the prospect of discovering an unchanged wilderness create a powerful pull. Separating pitch pine from scrub pine: Thoreau the botanist By 1853, he was among the most knowledgeable botanists in the country. Pongokw Chamberlain Lake http://www.destinationmaine.com/thoreau/chesun.htm 1/13/2008 Thoreau's Maine Woods Page 2 of 3 1 - Mount Kineo - Thoreau stopped at the landing on the peninsula twice in 1853, but did not climb the mountain until 1857. Today, the blue-blazed Indian Trail approximates the author's route to the top. The mountain is composed of homstone, which Penobscot Indians fashioned into arrowheads, hatchets and chisels. 2 - Ragmuff Stream - Thoreau stopped here each time he passed by: for dinner, fishing, bathing and botanizing. Today, there is a pretty campsite on the point where Ragmuff and the West Branch meet, and good-sized trout still are caught in the stream. 3 - Pine Stream Falls - Thoreau twice portaged this stretch of rugged whitewater between Pine Stream and Chesuncook Lake. Today, there is no sign of the falls, as Chesuncook Dam, built in 1903, raised the water level. 4 - Chesuncook - The American Indian definition of Chesuncook is "a place where many streams emptied in," and that's what this place was when Thoreau passed through. Today, dams have changed the landscape, creating the state's third-largest lake. Original content in Home The Allagash and East Branch | Ktaadn Thoreau as this site by Lori Writer | Thoreau as Conservationist Thoreau as Philosopher Haugen, graphics by Thoreau as Outdoorsman | Thoreau in History | Photo Journey Kathy Jungjohann, Blethen Maine New Background: Excerpt from Thoreau's Journal, June 25th, Media. 1853, C The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, MA Questions or 1302.29. http://www.destinationmaine.com/thoreau/chesun.htm 1/13/2008 Thoreau's Maine Woods Page 1 of 3 Thoreau's Chesuncook DAHE "Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the WOODS light - to see its perfect success. but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success!" Worlland (Dress Arrald NEWSCHANNEL WOME.TV PORTLAND 'Maine Woods' inspires many to retrace route More "Chesuncook" stories By Mark Shanahan Staff Writer ALLABASI Copyright 1997 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. RAST BRANKI So provocative are many of the images in "The Maine RHADAY Woods" that people who read the book often take to the northern forest to see for themselves what Henry David Thereau us Thoreau saw. WRITER Inspired by his words and by Theremon the prospect of discovering an PILLOSOPIER unchanged wilderness, they resolve to do some or all of Therember Thoreau's three trips in a week or over the course of several Thereau months or years. Thoreau climbed Moosehead UNTODORSOLLY Lake's Mount Kineo in 1857. The dean of this group is J. Therean Today, the grandeur of Kineo is Parker Huber, a former college tempered by the buzz of A INSTORY professor who figures he has motorboats, water scooters and paddled some or all of floatplanes. "This is not really a The journey Thoreau's route 16 or 17 times wilderness experience anymore," says Toni Blake of the local RUL PIDTOS since his first trip here in 1974. chamber of commerce. Staff photo by John Ewing Huber's book based on those trips, "The Wildest Country: A Guide to Thoreau's Maine," is the definitive text on Thoreau's Maine experience - where he went and what he saw. For several summers, Huber, then an associate professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State College, taught a seminar on Thoreau in which he and a dozen students retraced 330 miles of Thoreau's journeys. "It was an opportunity to experience the text and to create our own journal. It was a wonderful and rich learning experience," said Huber, 57, who now works as a teacher and counselor in http://www.destinationmaine.com/thoreau/tour.htm 3/15/2008 Thoreau's Maine Woods Page 2 of 3 Vermont. Since leaving academia in 1986, Huber's visits here have been less frequent, though he did guide British watercolorist Tony Foster on a tour of Moosehead Lake and the West Branch of the Penobscot, and also joined Thoreau scholar Ronald Hoag on his sojourn to Maine. So what are Huber's favorite spots? Mount Katahdin, of course. But also Moosehead Lake, the view south from Mount Kineo, Lobster Stream, the view from the front porch of the Chesuncook Lake House, Eagle Lake and Webster Stream. The list goes on and on. "In 1976, there was a tropical storm - three days solid of rain," recalls Huber. "I was never SO happy to see the sun rise as that morning on Chamberlain Lake. It was like experiencing it for the first time. Life is definitely simplified when you're out there." Most people who make the pilgrimage to Thoreau's Maine woods do not have the time to do the whole route. Some, like Butch Phillips, a Penobscot Indian, have hit just the highlights, comparing the landscape then and now. ``I've stood in many of the same places and tried to visualize what it looked like," said Phillips, who lives in Milford and has a camp on Grand Lake Matagamon. ``In some places, like Chesuncook, it looks very different today. Before the dam on Ripogenus, that was all meadow." Many who come looking for Thoreau start at Katahdin, wanting to see the place described in "The Maine Woods" as a "cloud factory," its table land as a "short highway where a demigod might be let down to take a turn or two in an afternoon to settle his dinner." Burton Chandler, a 63-year-old attorney from Worcester, Mass., who as a boy spent summers in Ogunquit, has climbed Katahdin every year since 1953. And each year, he reads the "Ktaadn" essay in "The Maine Woods." "It's an annual outing. I went every year through college and law school, and then I went back with my son," Chandler said. "In Thoreau's notes, from which he wrote the essay, he indicates that he made it to the table land. His description of that place is one of the most amazing and perceptive things you'll ever read." Stefanie Matteson, a writer and former editor of the weekly http://www.destinationmaine.com/thoreau/tour.htm 3/15/2008 Thoreau's Maine Woods Page 3 of 3 Penobscot Times in Old Town, is SO fond of Thoreau and Katahdin that she wrote a book called "Murder on High," a mystery about a former Hollywood screenwriter and Thoreau fan who is found dead on the Knife Edge. The victim, Iris Richards, is killed while on her annual pilgrimage to Katahdin, shot with a fishing cross bow. "Thoreau's description of the mountain just insinuates itself into your unconscious. He's right: It stands alone, rising from the plain," Matteson said. "The mountain is symbolic of a great spirit. The Indians knew that, and Thoreau knew that." The documentary filmmaker Huey has been similarly affected by Katahdin and its connection to Thoreau. After several trips to the top over the past 15 years, Huey has begun work on a film about the mountain, in which the author of "The Maine Woods" is likely to play a starring role. "Climbing Katahdin was a defining moment for Thoreau. He saw what real wilderness is. And that's in part why people want to go there," said Huey. "What he wrote is as relevant today as it was 150 years ago. He's right - you see nature there in its full aspect, and it's overwhelmingly beautiful." Original content and Home | Chesuncook The Allagash and East Branch Ktaadn graphics Thoreau as Writer Thoreau as Conservationist Thoreau as in this site by Lori Philosopher | Thoreau as Outdoorsman Thoreau in History Haugen and Photo Journey Kathy Jungjohann, Guy Gannett New Background: Excerpt from Thoreau's Journal, June 25th, Media. 1853, © The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, MA Questions or 1302.29. comments? E-mail us! © 1997 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. http://www.destinationmaine.com/thoreau/tour.htm 3/15/2008 A GUIDE TO THE Page 1 of 23 RailWorks Railroad stations RAILPACE Track construct, maintenance, rehab Call for Look for railroad stations in our local Boston NEWSMAGAZINE a bid or info-866-905-7245 listings. Hosted By TrainW Search Search Railroad Sites For: A GUIDE TO THE BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL CENTER FOR LOWELL HISTORY PATRICK MOGAN CULTURAL CENTER 40 FRENCH STREET LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS http://www.trainweb.org/bmrrhs/guide.html, 3/15/2008 A GUIDE TO THE Page 4 of 23 CONTENTS About the Society 3 1. The Collection 5 2. Types of Materials to be Found in the Archives 6 3. Finding Materials 13 4. How New Materials are Processed 15 5. Reproduction Policy. How to Make or Obtain Copies 16 6. For More Information 18 7. Boston and Maine Railroad Reading List 18 About the Society The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc., is a non profit historical organization formed in 1971 to preserve and publish information and photographs pertaining to the history and operations of the B&M Railroad and its predecessors. The Society fulfills its educational mission through publication of a quarterly historical magazine called the B&M Bulletin and a bimonthly Newsletter. The Society has also published three books on Boston and Maine Railroad subjects. Monthly meetings are held in Lowell, Massachusetts and elsewhere. At present the Society has about 1100 members. Basic membership costs $30.00 per year. Applications for membership are available at the Archives or from the Membership Secretary, B&MRRHS, P.O. Box 469, Derry, NH 03038. Back issues of the B&M Bulletin may be ordered from the same address. To establish a repository for documents pertaining to the Boston and Maine Railroad and the history of railroads in New England was one of the Society's initial objectives. The Society has maintained an archival collection since the beginning. At first, all materials were stored in members' attics and basements, and centralized access was not possible. Later, a small amount of material was stored at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., but space at this location was quite limited. In June 1978, a formal agreement was made between the Society and the University of Lowell providing for the establishment of the Society's Archives in the Special Collections Department at the University's Alumni Lydon Library. This permitted the consolidation of material that had previously been stored in a number of temporary locations and enabled cataloging of the collection to begin. In December 1988, the B&MRRHS Archives, along with the entire University Special Collections Department, moved into the Center for Lowell History in the new Patrick Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in downtown Lowell. The building was constructed by the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission with funding from the National Park Service. The University of Lowell entered into a long-term lease for space in the building. This building provides an area of about 900 square feet of space for the B&MRRHS Archives. In the Fall of 1991, the University of Lowell became the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The University provides space, security, and access to the collection, but processing of materials is done by volunteer members of the Society's Archives Committee. http://www.trainweb.org/bmrrhs/guide.html 3/15/2008 A GUIDE TO THE Page 5 of 23 Material in the B&MRRHS Archives is carefully stored using proper archival procedures. For example, photographs and paper items are stored in acid free folders in metal file cabinets. Large drawings are opened up and stored in flat files, also in acid free folders. All B&MRRHS Archives material in the Center for Lowell History is the property of the Society. The collection is accessible to anyone, whether they are members of the Society or not, during hours when the Center for Lowell History is open. The Head Librarian, Martha Mayo, can assist you in finding what you are looking for. More specific requests for information or guidance may be directed to B&MRRHS Archives Committee members or to others whose addresses appear at the end of this guide. All Archives materials must be used within the Center for Lowell History. Only designated officers of the Society and certain Archives Committee members and publications staff members are authorized to borrow materials from the collection. The Archives Committee is a corps of volunteer members of the B&MRRHS. 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We also collect general material that puts into context the history and operation of New England railroads. The strongest areas of our collection are annual reports, photographs, mechanical and track drawings, time tables, and operating documents. B. Sources of Materials in the Collection. http://www.trainweb.org/bmrrhs/guide.html 3/15/2008 Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society: B&M Terminus, St. Johns at Connors Page 1 of 1 Ads by Google- Boston Maine Acadia Maine Coons Maine Lakes Maine MLS Next Topic >> Return to Index Ronald Epp B&M Terminus, St. Johns at Connors March 15 2008 at 8:33 AM No score for this post In researching the life of Acadia National Park founder, George Bucknam Dorr, I have discovered in the Park archives an account of a canoeing and camping trip that he made through the north Maine wilderness in October 1895 "from Moosehead Lake to the St. Johns at Connors, the railroad terminus." 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[ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:30:27 -0400 Bulk [Empty] From: "Paul Moccia" Add Mobile Alert Trash [Empty] Subject: TRAVEL TIME, CONNORS - BAR HARBOR, 1893 My Folders [Hide] To: "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Eliz messages (3) CC: paulmoccia@verizon.net Horseshoe Pond Member Information Ron, Ron Archives (26) From the 1893 Official Guide Search Shortcuts Lv Connors 7:15 am My Photos 81 miles Arrive Edmundston maybe in time to catch the connecting train; if not, My Attachments stay overnight. No schedule given for arrival in Edmundston. Lv Edmundston 11 am, probably next day 164 miles Ar McAdam Junction 11:40 pm, stay overnight again - slow train, makes seventeen stops in 12 hrs 40 mins Change trains to the Halifax - Boston express Lv McAdam Jct next morning 9:22 am 6 miles + customs checks Ar Vanceboro ME 10:00 am 114 miles Ar Bangor 1:20 pm Change trains again to the Boston - Bar Harbor express Lv Bangor 2:00 pm 43 miles Ar Mt Desert Ferry 3:55 pm As I mentioned in my earlier e-mail, I think this is Dorr's most likely route, taking the better part of three days. Boston - Bangor - Vanceboro -McAdam - St. John or Halifax was the principal rail route from Boston to the Maritimes in the 1890s, although there were still coastal packet steamships operating at this time. Best wishes on the speedy completion of the draft. Regards, http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=4671_3252733_96234_1705_1779 3/16/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! 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[ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:14:27 -0400 Bulk [Empty] From: "Paul Moccia" Add Mobile Alert Trash [Empty] Subject: RE: DORR IN MAINE (Again) My Folders [Hide] To: "'ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP'" Eliz messages (3) CC: paulmoccia@verizon.net Horseshoe Pond Member Information Hello again Ron, Ron Archives (26) Sorry if I wasn't clear - what I meant was that Dorr could have returned via Edmundston, Clair, or Riviere du Loup by rail or he could have taken Search Shortcuts the ferry at Fort Kent and returned overland to the nearest southbound My Photos railroad in Maine (which was no closer than Katahdin Iron Works) thus he had four options. There were no other railroads into Connors. The My Attachments Bangor and Aroostook did not reach Fort Kent until 1902, so we know that option didn't exist. If he were tired of bushwhacking by this time, thus foregoing the Ft. Kent option, he may have traveled by rail to Fredericton or St. John, N.B. and back to Bar Harbor via Bangor. With some assumptions, we can of course simply refer to the published schedules. I think his most likely route would have been: Temiscouata Railway to Edmundston, Canadian Pacific to Fredericton (Junction) where he would have changed for the train to Bangor, via the Maine Central Railroad. It will take a little longer to calculate the travel time, I'll send another e-mail with the details. Regards, Paul From: ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP [mailto:eppster2@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:14 AM To: Paul Moccia Subject: Re: DORR IN MAINE (Again) Dear Paul, You made my day ! Thank you very much for this information. It helps me reconstruct Dorr's return route from Connors. Several questions http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=6369_3245591_95765_1850_2472... 3/16/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 8 5 come to mind. Were there any other train lines from Connors at that time headed east to Ft. Kent? You mention that once in Ft. Kent, Dorr had several options for returning to Bangor. What would these have been? The Bangor and Aroostook RR? Is it possible to calculate the time involved for the return trip from Connors? Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Previous Next I Back to Messages Save Message Text I Full Headers Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. I Copyright/IP Policy | Terms of Service I Send Feedback I Help NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. verizon YAHOO! http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=6369_3245591_95765_1850_2472... 3/16/2008 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 2 of 18 6. potato loadings declined. The remote port facilities at Searsport were a preferred loading point for ammunition during World War II; and BAR transported heating coal and aircraft fuel to Loring AFB for Strategic Air Command bombers through the Cold War. BAR painted 2,500 box cars in the red, white and blue colors of the US flag during the 1950's. A less expensive oxide red paint scheme with large white reporting marks was adopted during the Vietnam War. The line from Brownville Junction to Katahdin Iron EMD GP38Q BAR 357 Works was switches a potato packing plant in Ucon, Idaho, 2002. abandoned in 1922; but the rails remained in place until 1933. BAR passenger train service ended in SCATAQUI 1961. The Greenville branch was dismantled from 1962 to 1964. Several Aroostook County segments were abandoned when potato traffic disappeared in the 1970's. In 1995, the BAR was acquired by Iron Road Railways. In 2002, the company was declared bankrupt, and in 2003 its lines were sold to Rail World, Inc., which incorporated them into the newly-formed Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Steam Locomotives Routes of the Bangor&Aroostook Railroad magenta = Route in service (2006) red = Abandoned route http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook Railroad 3/16/2008 Page 1 of + 7. 1803-1 TEMISCOUATA RAILWAY. TEMISCONATA PAILWAYS WINTER Rio. du Loup, P.Q. LOCAL TIME TABLE. SEASON TAKES EFFECT SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1893. TIME TABLE. Edmundston 20.46 SOUTH GOING NORTH EASTERN STANDARD TIME. to Connors, N.B. PASSENGER TIME TABLE, TAKING EFFECT The New Short Line N SEPT. 101 QUEBEC GENERAL officer RIV. DU LOUP. P.Q. Nontero New Brunswick LINDSAY T CHOCKETT, MAINE. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/h30/f1/nlc003051-v6.jpg 3/16/2008