Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
Reporting marks	MMA
Locale	New England, Quebec, New Brunswick
Dates of operation	2003–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Hermon, Maine

The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (AAR reporting marks MMA) is a regional freight railroad operating in the U.S. states of Maine and Vermont and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. Its Canadian subsidiary is the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Company. The entire system is owned by Rail World, Inc. and is headquartered near Bangor, ME.

[edit] Predecessor railroads

MMA was created in 2003 to operate several bankrupt railroads purchased by Rail World, Inc. from holding company Iron Road Railways. These systems included:

• Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) which operated from Searsport, ME to Bangor, ME, Brownville Junction, ME and north to Aroostook County where it served Houlton, ME, Presque Isle, ME, Madawaska, ME, and Van Buren, ME.

• Canadian American Railroad (CDAC) which operated the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Saint John, NB-Montreal, QC main line west of Brownville Junction to Lennoxville, QC (built as the International Railway of Maine)

• Quebec Southern Railway (QSR) which operated the former CPR Saint John, NB-Montreal, QC main line west of Lennoxville, QC to Farnham, QC (later extended to St. Jean, QC and by trackage rights to Montreal, QC)

• Northern Vermont Railroad (NVR) which operated the former CPR Farnham, QC-Wells River, VT secondary main line.

• Van Buren Bridge Company (VBB) which operates a railway bridge crossing the St. John River, across the Canada-United States border, between BAR trackage in Van Buren, ME and Canadian National (CN) trackage in St. Leonard, NB

[edit] Interchange points

CN Saint John, NB (using NBSR/EMR) Sherbrooke, QC (using SLQ) St. Jean, QC St. Leonard, NB Ste. Rosalie, QC CP St. Jean, QC EMR/NBSR Brownville Jct., ME

NECR Newport, VT (using WACR) QCR Sherbrooke, QC ST/GRS Mattawamkeag, ME (using NBSR/EMR) Northern Maine Jct.,ME SLQ/SLA Lennoxville, QC WACR Newport, VT

[edit] External links

• Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway - official website

v • d • e Class II railroads of the United States Current (operating) ARR, BPRR, CSS, DME, EJE, FEC, IAIS, ICE, IHB, INRD, ISG, LIRR, MMA, MRL, PAL, PAR, PW, TMTC, TM, WE, WSOR Former or fallen flag BOCT, BLE, CC, CMNW, CRN, DMIR, GWWR, IMRL, MAA, MGA, MNS, OKKT, SI, WC See also: List of U.S. Class II railroads