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