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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.
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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]
13316Green Mountain Railway
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
"GREEN MOUNTAIN - One of the chief points of interest on Mount Desert is Green Mountain, the highest point on the Island. Some ambitious persons make the ascent on foot, and that can best be done by way of the ruins of the old mill near the foot of Mount Kebo, and then by way of the ravine that separates Green from Dry Mountain. But by far the largest number prefer to go by the regular conveyance furnished by the Green Mountain Railway, which is by carriage to Eagle Lake, thence by steamer up the lake to the base, then by railway to the summit. This gives variety to the trip, and renders it a most enjoyable one. A clear, bright morning should be selected for this excursion, when objects can be seen at a great distance. The railway itself is a marvel of engineering skill, the entire length of the road being six thousand three hundred feet, and the grade averaging one foot to every four feet passed over. There is a good hotel at the summit which will accommodate about thirty guests. The view from Green Mountain, on a clear morning, is one never to be forgotten. The coast line with it many sinuosities, the numerous smaller islands scattered here and there, Mount Desert spread out like a map, and the island landscape with its diversity of views, all go to make up a succession of the grandest pictures imaginable…" - "Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island" by William Berry Lapham, p. 16 - 1887. "GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY. No person should visit Bar Harbor without ascending Green Mountain by way of Eagle Lake and the Green Mountain Railway. The trip to Eagle Lake, three miles, is made in four-horse barges, which call for passengers at the principal hotels every week day morning during the season. The trip across Eagle Lake to the foot of the mountain is by steamer. The journey up the mountain and the magnificent outlook from the summit…" - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island By William Berry Lapham – 1887. "I went up and back once about the year 1890 and there was 19 other young people from South West Harbor." - Robie M. Norwood. See “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., p. 155-160, Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949 for an excellent version of the story of the Green Mountain Railway.
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"GREEN MOUNTAIN - One of the chief points of interest on Mount Desert is Green Mountain, the highest point on the Island. Some ambitious persons make the ascent on foot, and that can best be done by way of the ruins of the old mill near the foot of Mount Kebo, and then by way of the ravine that separates Green from Dry Mountain. But by far the largest number prefer to go by the regular conveyance furnished by the Green Mountain Railway, which is by carriage to Eagle Lake, thence by steamer up the lake to the base, then by railway to the summit. This gives variety to the trip, and renders it a most enjoyable one. A clear, bright morning should be selected for this excursion, when objects can be seen at a great distance. The railway itself is a marvel of engineering skill, the entire length of the road being six thousand three hundred feet, and the grade averaging one foot to every four feet passed over. There is a good hotel at the summit which will accommodate about thirty guests. The view from Green Mountain, on a clear morning, is one never to be forgotten. The coast line with it many sinuosities, the numerous smaller islands scattered here and there, Mount Desert spread out like a map, and the island landscape with its diversity of views, all go to make up a succession of the grandest pictures imaginable…" - "Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island" by William Berry Lapham, p. 16 - 1887. "GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY. No person should visit Bar Harbor without ascending Green Mountain by way of Eagle Lake and the Green Mountain Railway. The trip to Eagle Lake, three miles, is made in four-horse barges, which call for passengers at the principal hotels every week day morning during the season. The trip across Eagle Lake to the foot of the mountain is by steamer. The journey up the mountain and the magnificent outlook from the summit…" - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island By William Berry Lapham – 1887. "I went up and back once about the year 1890 and there was 19 other young people from South West Harbor." - Robie M. Norwood. See “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., p. 155-160, Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949 for an excellent version of the story of the Green Mountain Railway. [show more]
6330Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1883
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
5537Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1882
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
5536Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
5534Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
5661Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
5660Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
6329Green Mountain Railway Terminal at Eagle Lake
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1880 c.
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
16209Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
6334Maine Central Railroad Advertisement
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1897
Advertisement appearing in "A Guide to Bar Harbor" published by W.H. Sherman
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Advertisement appearing in "A Guide to Bar Harbor" published by W.H. Sherman
11248Postcard showing Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Maine and Sternwheel Steamer "Wauwinet"
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1880 c.
  • Acadia National Park, HCTPR
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
14155Route of Steamers of the Eastern Railroad Company
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Railroad
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.
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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.
7403The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1911 PM
11132The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1907-11-02
Printed in Germany
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Printed in Germany
7673Train and Depot, Maine Central Railroad Staion, Rockland, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad