State of Maine

1820 – Present

Business Type
Government
State of Incorporation
Maine
Business Purpose
Government
Operations In
United States: Maine

Agencies and Departments

Maine Department of Transportation
1913 to Present, Active

Timeline

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Alfred Light and Power Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Unknown source.
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New England Electric Power Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
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Unknown source.
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Sanford Power Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Unknown source.
March 15, 1820
State of Maine is admitted to the union of the United States of America.
Source
“Maine,” Wikipedia, March 22, 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine.
January 23, 1821
Proprietors of Portsmouth Bridge incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
1832
Bangor and Oldtown Railway Company is chartered in the State of Maine.
Source
Robert M. Lindsell, “Bangor, Old Town & Milford,” in The Rail Lines of Northern New England, 313-215 (Branch Line Press, 2000).
February 17, 1832
Calais Railway Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 8, 1833
Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 30, 1836
The Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Rail Road Corporation incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
April 1, 1836
Kennebec and Portland Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 31, 1841
Great Falls and South Berwick Branch Rail-road Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 22, 1842
Boston and Maine Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 10, 1845
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-301 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929).
March 28, 1845
Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
April 7, 1845
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
July 30, 1846
York and Cumberland Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
July 22, 1847
Buckfield Branch Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 2, 1847
Bangor and Orono Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 10, 1848
Androscoggin Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 10, 1848
Somerset and Kennebec Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 13, 1849
Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 20, 1850
European and North American Railway Company (Maine) incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 8, 1852
Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 30, 1853
Dexter and Newport Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 16, 1854
Lewy's Island Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
April 15, 1854
Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Secretary of State, “An act to establish the Kennebec and Wiscasset Railroad Company,” in Acts and Resolves of the Thirty-Second Legislature of the State of Maine, 1853, 362-369 (William T. Johnson, 1853).
April 15, 1854
The Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
April 1, 1856
Maine Central Railroad Company incorporates by private act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 19, 1860
Somerset Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 5, 1861
Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company incorporates under the private and special laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
November 5, 1862
Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 25, 1864
Portland and Rochester Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
May 11, 1865
Leeds and Farmington Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 6, 1867
Houlton Branch Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Canadian Pacific Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 373-399 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
February 11, 1867
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 28, 1867
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 11, 1870
Penobscot and Union River Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 21, 1870
Georges Valley Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Secretary of State, “An act to incorporate the Georges Valley Railroad Company,” in Acts and Resolves of the Forty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Maine, 460-468 (Sprague, Owen & Nash, 1870).
February 2, 1871
Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Canadian Pacific Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 373-399 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
August 1871
Bangor and Calais Railroad Company is chartered in the State of Maine.
Source
Robert M. Lindsell, “Maine Shore Line,” in The Rail Lines of Northern New England, 308-312 (Branch Line Press, 2000).
February 9, 1872
Lewiston and Auburn Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-301 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929).
May 1872
Bangor and Calais Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Robert M. Lindsell, “Maine Shore Line,” in The Rail Lines of Northern New England, 308-312 (Branch Line Press, 2000).
December 1, 1872
Consolidated European and North American Railway incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 26, 1873
Aroostook River Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine as a subsidiary of New Brunswick Railway Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Canadian Pacific Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 373-399 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
March 3, 1874
Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad Company incorporates under the private laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 7, 1876
Orchard Beach Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
April 8, 1879
Sandy River Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
April 23, 1879
Norway Branch Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1-301 (United States Government Printing Office, 1929).
October 13, 1880
European and North American Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 3, 1881
Portland and Rochester Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 4, 1881
Maine Shore Line Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 18, 1881
The Monson and Athens Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Monson Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 339-346 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
April 27, 1881
Old Orchard Junction Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Old Orchard Junction Railroad,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=18810001RR.
July 19, 1881
Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 715-725 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
August 2, 1881
Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
August 16, 1882
Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Railroad incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
November 23, 1882
Green Mountain Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Peter Dow Bachelder, “The Green Mountain Railway: Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad,” The History Journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, 2003, 37-75, https://mdihistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2003-The-Green-Mountain-Railway_ocr.pdf.
1883
Kineo Company incoprorates in the State of Maine.
Source
Lester P. Schoene, L-39-225 Status Under the Railroad Retirement Act of the Maine Central Transportation Company, April 17, 1939, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-RR-e64b06ea58c50ea10acf5616d6870ad4/pdf/GOVPUB-RR-e64b06ea58c50ea10acf5616d6870ad4.pdf.
February 1, 1883
York Harbor and Beach Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Boston & Maine Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 515-1010 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
August 15, 1883
Somerset Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
January 1, 1884
Franklin & Megantic Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
June 8, 1886
The Portland and Ogdensburg Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
July 15, 1886
Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 4, 1887
Waterville and Fairfield Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the State of Maine to build a horse railroad between Waterville and Fairfield.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
February 15, 1887
Portland Union Railway Station Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 20, 1888
Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
1889
Lime Rock Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Robert M. Lindsell, “Lime Rock,” in The Rail Lines of Northern New England, 370 (Branch Line Press, 2000).
March 2, 1889
Penobscot Shore Line Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 12, 1889
Mousam River Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
March 12, 1889
Phillips & Rangeley Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
September 12, 1889
Kennebec Central Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Kennebec Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 634-642 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
October 8, 1890
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
February 12, 1891
Waterville and Fairfield Railway and Light Company incorporates by special act in the State of Maine to acquire by lease or purchase the properties of the Waterville and Fairfield Railroad Company, Waterville Electric Light & Power Company, and the Fairfield Electric Light Company.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
February 13, 1891
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
1893
Atlantic Shore Line Electric Railroad is organized in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
March 7, 1893
Washington County Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 27, 1893
Kittery and York Electric Railroad incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
June 19, 1893
Kingfield and Dead River Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
August 20, 1894
Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
March 27, 1895
Waterville and Wiscasset Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
October 8, 1895
Patten and Sherman Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
March 18, 1897
Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec Railway Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
March 20, 1897
Kittery and Eliot Street Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
July 12, 1897
Aroostook Northern Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
October 6, 1897
Sanford and Cape Porpoise Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
1898
Hastings Lumber Company incoprorates in the State of Maine.
Source
WhiteMountainHistory.org, “Hastings, Maine,” White Mountain History, November 8, 2023, https://www.whitemountainhistory.org/abandoned-towns/hastings-maine.
June 21, 1898
Benton and Fairfield Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
October 20, 1899
Biddeford, Kennebunk and Wells Electric Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
February 9, 1900
Atlantic Shore Line Railway incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
August 25, 1900
Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad Company organizes under the laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
February 5, 1901
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
August 31, 1901
Berwick, Eliot and York Street Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
September 13, 1901
Fish River Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
November 6, 1901
Berwick and South Berwick Street Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
June 3, 1902
Madrid Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
June 4, 1902
Waterville and Oakland Street Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
July 2, 1902
Aroostook Valley Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Aroostook Valley Railroad Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19020000RR.
July 17, 1902
Augusta and Oakland Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
February 26, 1903
Fairfield and Shawmut Railway Company organizes in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
March 11, 1903
Kennebec Valley Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
April 29, 1903
Eustis Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
December 17, 1903
Washington County Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
December 1, 1904
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
June 1, 1905
Nevada Northern Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Nevada Northern Railway Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19050007+D.
July 20, 1905
Central Maine Power Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Central Maine Power Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 17, 2022, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19050014+D.
February 17, 1906
Augusta, Oakland and Waterville Street Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
May 21, 1906
Schoodic Stream Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
January 3, 1907
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 697-711 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
January 30, 1908
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad incorporates and organizes in the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 173-185 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
March 12, 1909
Rangeley Lakes and Megantic Railroad Company incorporates under the private law of the State of Maine.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
December 31, 1910
Atlantic Shore Railway incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “The Atlantic Shore Railway,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 9-11 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
January 30, 1913
Van Buren Bridge Company incorporates under the private and special laws of the State of Maine , effective July 11, 1913.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 153-230 (United States Government Printing Office, 1926).
March 25, 1913
Farmington and Oakland Interurban Railway incorporates by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
February 1, 1923
York Utilities Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of Maine.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “The Atlantic Shore Railway,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 9-11 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
August 3, 1937
Central Maine Power Company files a petition with the State of Maine Public Utilities Commision for discontinuing Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland Railway Company operation of the street railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
September 7, 1937
State of Maine Public Utilities Commission authorizes Central Maine Power Company's request for discontinuance of service of the Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland Railway Company on October 11, 1937.
Source
O. R. Cummings, Transportation Bulletin, April-December 1965 (National Railway Historical Society, Connecticut Valley Chapter Inc., 1965).
July 25, 1941
New England Electric Railway Historical Society incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “New England Electric Railway Historical Society,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19410010ND.
March 18, 1980
Boothbay Railway Village incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Boothbay Railway Village,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19800288ND.
October 21, 1985
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19860153ND.
December 2, 1988
BAR Merger Corporation incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “BAR Merger Corporation,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, February 6, 2021, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=18910000RR.
June 19, 1989
Sheepscot Valley Railroaders incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19890602ND.
May 7, 1990
Maine Coast Railroad Corporation incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Maine Coast Railroad Corporation,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19900000RR.
December 7, 1992
The Trust for the Preservation of Maine Industrial History and Technology incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Industrial Heritage Trust,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19930195ND.
June 29, 1993
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum name is registered in the State of Maine by The Trust for the Preservation of Maine Industrial History and Technology.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Industrial Heritage Trust,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19930195ND.
November 10, 1994
Eastern Maine Railway Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Eastern Maine Railway Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19950000RR.
December 30, 1994
Canadian American Railroad Company incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Canadian American Railroad Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=19950001RR.
1995
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority organizes by special act in the State of Maine.
Source
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, “About NNEPRA,” Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, 2018, https://www.nnepra.com/about.html.
November 22, 1996
Bethel Mountain Line name is registered in the State of Maine by Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MarkSumm=20140057+M.
November 8, 2000
Safe Handling Rail, Inc. incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Safe Handling Rail, Inc.,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20010000RR.
July 6, 2001
Acadian Railway Company registers in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Acadian Railway Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20020015+F.
November 15, 2002
The New Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “The New Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20030235ND.
September 22, 2003
Maine Eastern Railroad name registered in the State of Maine by Morristown & Erie Railway, Inc.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Morristown & Erie Railway, Inc.,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20040216+F.
November 4, 2004
Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20050259ND.
October 19, 2005
Wakeag Railroad, LLC incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Wakeag Railroad, LLC,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20061208DC.
December 29, 2005
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Preservation Society incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Preservation Society,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20060365ND.
January 28, 2008
Brooks Preservation Society incorporates in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Brooks Preservation Society,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20080387ND.
March 30, 2009
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway name is registered in the State of Maine by Brooks Preservation Society.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MarkSumm=20140057+M.
July 28, 2010
Waterloo Railway Company registers in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Waterloo Railway Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20110048+F.
September 3, 2013
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad name is registered in the State of Maine by Brooks Preservation Society.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?MarkSumm=20140057+M.
July 8, 2016
Waterloo Railway Company withdraws in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Waterloo Railway Company,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, January 21, 2020, https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20110048+F.
January 14, 2023
Maine Central Railroad Historical Society is incorporated in the State of Maine.
Source
Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, “Maine Central Railroad Historical Society,” Maine Department of the Secretary of State, October 27, 2025, https://apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS?CorpSumm=20230287ND.