Old Town Train Station [1870-1880]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2002.6
Description
Copy of a photo depicting the Old Town Rail Station with locomotive and European and North American car 101. As the E. & N.A. extension from Bangor to Vanceboro was leased by Maine Central Railroad in 1882, the original photo probably predates that year. As the line did not open until 1868, the photo postdates that year. Furthermore, the locomotive depicted seems to be virtually identical to the (original) "Countess of Dufferin", the first steam engine to run on the Northern Pacific Line. That locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1872 and shared a chimney design with the locomotive on the photo that does not seem to have been used for very long (Note that the restored locomotive in Winnipeg and the picture on the Canadian stamp have a different chimney). This corroborates that the photo was taken in the 1870s (give or take a few years).