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. > > On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 16:10 -0400, Fred Harwood wrote: >> Here=92s a 1888 B&M rail map: >> >> http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps900044-24538.html >> >> Fred Harwood Linwood Cottage Sheffield