Item 10417 - Bangor and Aroostook passenger train, Oakfield, ca. 1950
- Item 10417 - Bangor and Aroostook passenger train, Oakfield, ca. 1950
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- Item 10417
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Image Info Bangor and Aroostook Railroad engine 700, an EMD E-7, southbound passenger train at the Oakfield station. Northern Maine was served by two northbound and two southbound passenger trains each day.
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When the manually operated station semiphore was in the down position it signaled that a train was to stop for orders. Out on the track, semiphores were battery powered and automatically operated to warn an engineer that the track was not clear.