by trainsinmaine
A question I'd never thought of asking till now: What was Burkhardt & co.'s
rationale behind changing the corporate name of the Bangor and Aroostook to Montreal, Maine and Atlantic? I know, I know: the new name has obvious "weight" as it defines the geographical boundaries within which the railroad operates (I rather like the name, myself,), but was there a legal reason why it had to be changed? Bangor and Aroostook was an old, proud name. If the response is, "It defines only a MAINE railroad," be reminded that the NY,NH&H was never limited to the New York-to-Hartford geographical arc, nor the B&M to Boston and Maine, or the New York Central merely to New York. There are lots of other examples, too.
Just curious.
rationale behind changing the corporate name of the Bangor and Aroostook to Montreal, Maine and Atlantic? I know, I know: the new name has obvious "weight" as it defines the geographical boundaries within which the railroad operates (I rather like the name, myself,), but was there a legal reason why it had to be changed? Bangor and Aroostook was an old, proud name. If the response is, "It defines only a MAINE railroad," be reminded that the NY,NH&H was never limited to the New York-to-Hartford geographical arc, nor the B&M to Boston and Maine, or the New York Central merely to New York. There are lots of other examples, too.
Just curious.