Images of passenger service on the road Mainers called the "B&A"
Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains
Aroostook Flyer
4-6-0 No. 242 with Bangor–Van Buren, Me., Aroostook Flyer, circa 1939. James D. Bennett
E7 locomotive
EMD E7 diesel No. 701, built April 1949. Classic Trains coll.
Potatoland Special
E7 with Van Buren–Bangor Potatoland Special at Houlton, Me., circa 1954. Philip R. Hastings
Greenville Branch train
4-6-0 No. 95 with Bangor–Greenville mixed train at Monson Junction (connection with 2-foot Monson Railroad). Classic Trains coll.
Aroostook Flyer
E7 No. 11 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer, at Brownville, Me., September 1955. Jim Shaughnessy
4-6-2 locomotive
Class F 4-6-2 No. 251, built by Alco, 1927. Clarence J. Root
Aroostook Flyer
F3 No. 46 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer, at Northern Maine Junction, July 1956. Parker Hayden
Aroostook Flyer
4-6-2 No. 251 with Van Buren–Bangor Aroostook Flyer entering Millinocket, August 1946. Kent Day Coes
E7 locomotive
EMD E7 diesel No. 10 being washed at Northern Maine Junction, March 1955. Jim Shaughnessy
Aroostook Flyer
4-6-2 No. 253 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer at Northern Maine Junction, mid-1940s. Robert E. Chaffin coll.
Aroostook Flyer
E7 No. 11 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer north of Brownville, Me., September 1955. Jim Shaughnessy
Bus service
Van Buren–Bangor daily bus run No. 6 at Presque Isle, Me., June 1980. J. David Ingles
Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains: All through October 2022, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, heritage, spirit, and grit of the Bangor & Aroostook, also known as the BAR by some. Please enjoy this photo gallery first published in January 2016 from images selected from Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library.
Celebrate the BAR with this Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains gallery, celebrate Fallen Flag railroads, only at Trains.com!