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Snowy weather halts holiday train to North Pole

December 23, 2017Newschristmas, narrow, portland, santa, steam, train, x-mas

Colt Stewart throws a water hose to train engineer Bill Piche aboard the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad's Polar Express train on Friday in Portland. The holiday themed train started running ten years ago. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum’s last Polar Express trains of the year rolled through a snowstorm on Friday night in Portland. Saturday’s scheduled trains were cancelled due to the stormy weather.

This Portland train station was demolished to make room for a strip mall

June 26, 2017Historyblow, clock, locamotive, maine, portland, rail, steam, this week in portland history, train, union station, whistle

By Troy R. Bennett

A photograph of Portland's Union Station, ca. 1910. (This photo is item no. 10754 at the Maine Memory Network)

There’s still two remnants of Union Station you can see in Portland today. Part of the train shed made its was to Thompson’s Point. What’s left of the old clock sits in a glass case in Congress Square.

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Snowy weather halts holiday train to North Pole

This Portland train station was demolished to make room for a strip mall

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