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3716Bar Harbor Express
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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.
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]
2002Bar Harbor Express
  • Map, Annotated Map
  • Places
Bar Harbor Express
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  • 2002   
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  • Map, Annotated Map
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  • Places