Discussion of present-day CM&Q operations, as well as discussion of predecessors Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) and Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (BAR).
Discussion of present-day CM&Q operations, as well as discussion of predecessors Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) and Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (BAR).
What happened to B & A? I lived up in Maine years back and I always thought the B & A had the coolest color schemes (red, white & blue), great enviorment, and operations. I thought it was a profitable operation (un-like the Maine Central). Tell me the new owner is not Gulford, I have disliked them since they did in the line through the notch. Have they killed any branches? Thanks for any feed back....
I think they might've killed off some branches, if not whole ones, at least parts of them...the Rumford branch in Maine is pretty profitable I heard once, with a daily train to Portland and back.
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by MEC407
The Bangor & Aroostook went bankrupt a couple years ago, and was bought by Ed Burkhardt, former head of Wisconsin Central. He renamed it Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.
It has been known as the MM&A for well over a year now.
MMA stretches from Searsport on the Atlantic coast of Maine up to Fort Kent and Madawaska at the northern tip of the state with a branch at Squa Pan which goes north to Caribou. Also a branch from Oakfield to Houlton in Aroostook County. Along the former CP, it stretches west to Montreal and from Farnham Quebec down to St. Johnsbury, Vermont. I heard Ed Burkhardt himself announce MMA started turning a profit last August after taking over the bankrupt Bangor & Aroostook only eight months earlier.
Hello All,
MM&A's corporate website is still not up, so I usually direct those who are looking for information on the MM&A to my site: http://www.rrnne.net
Have fun all!
cya, Joey
--Joey Kelley, Webmaster - RRNNE.net
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by camster202
Joey or anyone who can field this question...
About how many miles of track does the MMA own? From the description it sounds as they own quite a bit.