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14155Route of Steamers of the Eastern Railroad Company
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Railroad
Route of Steamers of the Eastern Railroad Company
Item:
  • 14155   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
3716Bar Harbor Express
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Railroad
The Bar Harbor Express was a seasonal passenger train serving Bar Harbor, Maine. The line originated in New York and ran through Springfield, MA, New Haven, CT, and Portland, ME. "Between 1902 and the 1930s, the Bar Harbor Express provided the fastest train service from New York City to Mount Desert Ferry in Hancock. From Mount Desert Ferry, steamers took passengers to Bar Harbor. The lead railroad for this famous express line was the Maine Central, which provided this service in conjunction with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 20. The service began in 1902 and ended in 1960. The Bar Harbor Express was involved in a crash with the White Mountain Express on September 2, 1913 in New Haven, CT.
Bar Harbor Express
Item:
  • 3716   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Description:
The Bar Harbor Express was a seasonal passenger train serving Bar Harbor, Maine. The line originated in New York and ran through Springfield, MA, New Haven, CT, and Portland, ME. "Between 1902 and the 1930s, the Bar Harbor Express provided the fastest train service from New York City to Mount Desert Ferry in Hancock. From Mount Desert Ferry, steamers took passengers to Bar Harbor. The lead railroad for this famous express line was the Maine Central, which provided this service in conjunction with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 20. The service began in 1902 and ended in 1960. The Bar Harbor Express was involved in a crash with the White Mountain Express on September 2, 1913 in New Haven, CT. [show more]
11132The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1907-11-02
Printed in Germany
The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
Item:
  • 11132   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1907-11-02
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Printed in Germany
8330Railroad Station from the Bridge in Truro, Nova Scotia
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07-16
Railroad Station from the Bridge in Truro, Nova Scotia
Item:
  • 8330   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1894-07-16
State:
  • NS
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
7673Train and Depot, Maine Central Railroad Staion, Rockland, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Train and Depot, Maine Central Railroad Staion, Rockland, Maine
Item:
  • 7673   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6334Maine Central Railroad Advertisement
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1897
Advertisement appearing in "A Guide to Bar Harbor" published by W.H. Sherman
Maine Central Railroad Advertisement
Item:
  • 6334   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1897
State:
  • ME
Description:
Advertisement appearing in "A Guide to Bar Harbor" published by W.H. Sherman
7403The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1911 PM
The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
Item:
  • 7403   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1911 PM
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
12833Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1913-09-13
Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured.
Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision
Item:
  • 12833   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Transportation, Railroad
Date:
  • 1913-09-13
Description:
Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured.
16209Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me.
Item:
  • 16209   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll