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Updated January 29, 2008
1882 GT Ad in the Lewiston Evening Journal
1919 Mechanic Falls Timetable Back (includes Maine Central and Trolley times)
1948 CNR Montreal Division Employee Timetable (pdf - Portland to Montreal only)
GTR No. 163 Merchandise Waybill From Portland to Bryants Pond, August 3, 1854 Right side
1855 Contract between the Grand Trunk Railway and the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad; joint freight and passenger agreement. The A&K connected with the GT at Danville Jct. and merged with the Penobscot and Kennebec Railroad in 1862 to form the Maine Central Railroad. I will transcribe this document for the website as soon as possible.
1860 Receipt for transporting stone from Mechanic Falls to Danville Junction
1861 Grand Trunk Advertisement posted in Boston
1867 NY Times article on January 18th storm: "The North Yarmouth Grand Trunk Railway depot was blown down today. No trains in or out yet."
Presumpscot Iron Co. Stock Certificate - was located at East Deering, North of the yard along Presumpscot River. 1916 topo map shows track spur and buildings. Earlier called Casco Iron Works., and later Eastern Forge Co.
1891 Ticket, New Gloucester to Mechanic Falls Back
1899 Shipping Receipt for Paris Manufacturing Co.
1901 Report of the Atlantic & St.Lawrence Railroad Company, from the New Hampshire Commissioners' Report
1901&1902 Tickets (Portland to Lewiston, Portland & Rochester Jct To Lewiston, and Gorham to Lewiston) Backs - 2 are stamped
1902 GT Brochure - Mountains of New England and the Sea Inside Map
1905 Letter of recommendation from Percival Proctor Baxter, Attorney at Law (and 1921-1925 Maine Governor), for C.E. Marshall to G. Vliet, Assistant Master Mechanic of the GTR in Portland; also mentions a Mr. Scott, probably Robert W. Scott who was the Portland Agent at the time.
1908 Pass for One Canadian Customs Officer between Coaticooke and Portland Back
1911 Grand Trunk Stock Certificate
1911 Letter of recomendation from Frank G. Woods, General Secretary of the GTR YMCA at East Deering, for James E. Carey
GTR Form 365 Bad Order and Claim Report, October 14, 1913, Front Back (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
Renewing Two Swing Spans Under Traffic - 1913 Railway Age article on the Portland Back Bay Bridge
1920 A&StL Co. Stock Certificate (The Berlin Division was leased to the GT, then CN, for 999 years; A&StL dissolved in 1959)
CNR Form 1963 Way-Bill of Baggage Transferred, at Groveton from Train 17, 1920's
GTR Form 03 Inter-Department Correspondence from G. Cooper, Trainmaster, to all Agents regarding "indistinct" switch lights, May 24, 1921
1921 Letter to Groveton Agent Regarding a Freight Claim
1921 Letter to Groveton Agent Regarding Supply of Baggage Checks
1925 Ticket Refund Application
CNR Form 2528 Office Record - Note on Back
CNR Form 14 Letter from E.C. Elliot, General Passenger Agent, regarding Proposed Sunday Excursion to Portland July 8, 1925
CNR Form 21 Railway Service Telegram from Richmond to Groveton Agent, August 3, 1925 (appears two numbers were transposed)
CNR Form 3 Letter from Groveton agent to Manager of Canada's Great Eastern Exhibition August 13, 1925
CNR Form 6 Letter from Groveton Agent D.E. Matthews to District Tie Agent R.G. Cooke regarding Ties for Treatment August 21, 1925
CNR Form 37 (10-25) CN Rys. Correspondence - Agent Numerical Checklist (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
CNR Form 1960 (11-25) Train Baggagemans Daily Trip Report Back (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
GT Form 1852 (8-27) Supply Label for GTR System (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
Eastern Steamship Lines 1927 ad
CNR Form 538 Locomotive Inspection Report for #733, July 13, 1932 (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
CN Form 7745 Bill of Lading for New England Grain Co., July 24, 1947
CNR Form 944 (6-51) Card Memo Waybill (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
GT Form 3140 (Rev 1-75) Company Travel Expense Voucher, Front Back (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
CN Form 2522 N.E. Freight Advice Postal Card, Front Back (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
GT 789 2-6-0 Class C Builders Card, built 1905 Specs on Back
Grand Trunk Industries, New Hampshire and Vermont. Probably 1960's (Courtesy of Stan Jones)
1978 First Day Cover Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of the GT, issued by the Island Pond Historical Society
"Obituary" of the Grand Trunk Railway and photo of Eddie Gordon of Norway retired after 45 years with CN, Lewiston Sun Journal May 20, 1989 (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
Gorham Historical Society Form 31A Commemorative Train Order - July 22, 2001, 150th Anniversary Service to Gorham (Courtesy of John R. Davis)
Calling card of Fred Tryon, brakeman from Portland
Portland Co. Property going up for sale - October 18, 2007
Drawings of a CNR 2-8-2 Mikado
CNR #3533, 2-8-2 Mikado & Specs
GTR Portland Special Police Badge
GTR Deering Fire Department Badge
GT Baggage Tag GT Baggage Tag 2
Silver plate mustard pot, made by Martin Hall and Co, Ltd. - four inches tall
Modern St. Lawrence & Atlantic
St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Canadian National page on StL&A
SLR/SLQ Guide (pdf), by Fritz Gerhardt, Ph.D. of Vermont -- Radio channels, train schedules, mileposts, timetables, track speeds, customers and locomotive roster!
Maine Rail Scanner Feed (Internet broadcast of Guilford District 1 and StL&A)
2003 Paper on the Modern St.L&A by Mike McNamara (pdf - scroll to pg 3)
Freight Boom Continues to Keep Auburn, Maine Railroad Busy (2004 USDOT Press Release)
Intermodal Freight Transfer Facility-Auburn, Maine (FHWA Article)
Tiny railroad seeks gold in new Northwest Passage (1999 UTU Article)
Short line uses automation to streamline border crossings
Northeast Kingdom (Vermont) Railroad Assessment (2001)
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT - STATE OF MAINE-ACQUISITION EXEMPTION-CERTAIN ASSETS OF ST. LAWRENCE & ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY (2007)
-The Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt
-Trouble on the Tracks: Grand Trunk Railway of New England Tragedies, by Jeff Holt
-Portland
(Arcadia Images of America)
-The Portland Company: 1846-1982
(Arcadia Images of America)
-Yarmouth
(Arcadia Images of America)
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by Lincoln J. Merrill and Holly K. Hurd
-The
Oxford Hills: Greenwood, Norway, Oxford, Paris, West Paris, and Woodstock
(Arcadia Images of America)
-Logging Railroads of the White Mountians, by C. Francis Belcher
-Sylvester Beckett, Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence, and St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-roads: Including a Full Description of All the Interesting Features of the White Mountains (Portland, [Maine]: Sanborn & Carter; H.J. Little, 1853)
-T. S. Brown, A history of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, compiled from public documents (Quebec, 1864)
-W. McNab, Historical narrative of the inception and development of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (Montreal, 1923)
-H. A. Lovett, Canada and the Grand Trunk (Montreal, 1924)
-D. B. Hanna, Trains of recollection (Toronto, 1924), and for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
-F. A. Talbot, The making of a great Canadian railway (London, 1912).
-V. W. BLADEN, "Grand Trunk Railway", in W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada , Vol. III, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 396p., pp. 68-71.
-A Trip to the Mountains, Edward H. Elwell, Portland Transcript, August 2, 1852
-Early Railways Between New England and Canada, Engineering News, August 4, 1892
-Grand Trunk Heritage Steam in New England, by Philip R. Hastings (photos with some history)
-Location, Description and Dimensions of All Stations, Buildings….on the Grand Trunk Railway. Westbrook, ME: Edwin B. Roberston, 1998 (Reprint of GT 1907 publication - available for $3 from the Bethel Historical Society Museum Shop)
-Grand Trunk 713 and the Lewiston Branch, Robertson & Davis (Great photos - out of print)
-Grand Trunk Railroad Photo Album, Edwin B. Robertson; cover
-Canada and the States, 1887, by Edward William Watkin, GT President 1861-68
-A Distinction Between GTR and GT, John R. Davis
-Logging Railroads of the White Mountains, C. Francis. Belcher
-Sumner and the railroad: Buckfield Branch Railroad, Portland & Oxford Central Railroad, Rumford Falls & Buckfield Railroad, Portland & Rumford Falls Railway, Maine Central Railroad, by Richard G Durnin (the Buckfield Branch was built in 1850, originating from the GT in Mechanic Falls; later an extension was built to the MEC at Rumford Junction South of Lewiston).
-Environmental History of the Androscoggin River, Maine and New Hampshire - Timeline of many of the towns of the GT
-The St. Lawrence & Atlantic RR, Allan N. Houghton, Model Railroader February 1992
-The Railway Builders, Oscar D. Skelton, 1916
-Berlin Mills Railway No. 7 at Steamtown -- Includes history of Berlin Mills/Brown & Co.
Restored as Groveton Paper Co. No. 7
People of the Grand Trunk Online
John Alfred Poor, Conceived the Montreal - Portland line
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, Promoter of Montreal - Portland line
Sir Francis Hincks, Conceived the Grand Trunk in 1851
Sir Joseph Hickson, GT Chief Accountant, 1862-74; President, 1874-90
Charles Melville Hays, General Manager and President to 1912
Ezra F. Beal of Norway, Maine, was involved in construction work on contract for the Grand Trunk Railway.
Joseph Scribner Mason, b1838-1902, 20 years with the GT at West Bethel, later Yard Master at Portland
Patrick Joseph O'Connor, b1851, Percy, NH, Station Agent. Also a number of sons worked for GT.
Joseph A. McGowan, b1859, cashier of the Grand trunk Railway at Portland
Edward Leon Greene, b1876-1958, fireman on the Norway Branch locomotive and also worked in the line's Gorham, NH, paint shop
John Boylan, 1908-1981, messenger boy, crew dispatcher, clerk and storekeeper; materials supervisor for the CV. Vermont State Senator. Island Pond's airport is named after him.
John Egan, conductor
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