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Portland & Rochester Railroad

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in 1883, a company that in turn was leased by the Boston and Maine in 1886, the Portland and Maine remained independent until 1900, when it too was absorbed into the Boston and Maine as it grew into a regional giant. The line continued to operate in full until in 1952, when the stretch between
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system. Today only portions of the line in Westbrook and Portland still see traffic, being serviced by the
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A year later another investor group began a railway leading inland to the upcoming mill town of
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and was extended in 1853. The York and Cumberland was reorganized as the
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Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (1930).
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in Portland to inland cities further west, including
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York and Cumberland Railroad (Maine)
Portland, Maine
Rochester, NH
Nashua, NH
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Track gauge
standard gauge
branch line
Boston and Maine Railroad
shortline
rail transport
seaport
Portland, Maine
water powered
textile
Quampheagan Falls
Salmon Falls River
South Berwick, Maine
Rollinsford, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
Gorham, Maine
John A. Poor
Rochester, New Hampshire
Grand Trunk Railway
Worcester, Massachusetts
Nashua and Rochester
Worcester & Nashua Railroad
Springvale
Westbrook

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