Didn't Charles Lindbergh give rides in mail planes? On Thu, 2015-04-09 at 15:23 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote: > My mother, born 1905 on the NH/Maine border, grew up as a Bangor/Boston = > girl. > Her father was a traveling hardware salesman. Although he had a car, = > almost all travel > between Bost/Bangor was more convenient and reliable by rail, she said. > > One of her anecdotes about her life as a young girl was about the time a > biplane was brought to a Bangor summer fair by rail. > > The plane gave rides for a fee to the daring. > > On Apr 9, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Rather a fascinating map. It's interesting to see the proliferation = > of > > lines in the area. The map does not provide a key, however, so I = > assume > > that the dark heavy lines are the Boston-Maine lines and all the = > others > > represent various other railroad companies, rather like telephone > > companies carving out their own little niches. > >=20 > > On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 16:10 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote: > >> Here=3D92s a 1888 B&M rail map: > >>=20 > >> http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps900044-24538.html > >>=20 > >>=20 > > Fred Harwood > Linwood Cottage > Sheffield