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GEORGES VALLEY RAILROAD

The Georges Valley ran from an interchange at Warren, Maine on the Maine Central's Rockland branch to Union eight miles away. It opened in 1889 and in 1919 was renamed the Knox Railroad. Around 1932 it became a private industrial railroad serving a paper company

Georges Valley Number 2 was possibly built by the Portland Co. around 1872 for the Maine Central and scrapped in 1901. MEC and Portland Co.records do not show a sale to the Georges Valley.

Engineer Josh Mitchell and Fireman Sandy Johnson. Union about 1897.

Georges Valley Number 3 was built by Portland in 1873 for the Maine Central. Union 1901.

Number 4 was built by Portland in 1877 for the Maine Central. Purchased in 1909 and scrapped in 1924.

Photographed at the wye at Warren in 1920.

Number 4 at Union in 1909 with combine Number 2.

Number 4 at the South Union water tank about 1921.

Number 5 was built by Rhode Island in 1885 for the Maine Central and purchased in 1920.

Photographed by Linwood Moody in Union around the time of scrapping probably in 1939.

Number 6 was built by ALCO Cooke in 1924. Shown at Union September 10, 1934. The locomotive went to a Navy base near Yorktown, VA and was owned by the Smithfield Terminal in Virginia in 1949

Herb Leach, Engineer

Linwood Moody photographed Number 6 with two cars of limestone for Millinocket about 1932.

Number 6 with a plow at Union in 1935.

Number 6 with way freight box car Number 1, ex-Eastman Heater car 50256.

South Union

The South Union Station.

Number 4 hit this truck about 1920. Mr. Palmer is the standing driver.

The "halfway shanty" around 1920.

Number 5 derailed on the way to Portland for scrapping around 1939 ?.

AROOSTOOK VALLEY RAILROAD

The Aroostook Valley operated about 32 miles of route around Presque Isle in northern Maine. It opened as an electric line for freight and passengers in 1910. Passenger service ended in 1946 and in the previous year two GE 44 ton diesels replaced the two electric locomotives.

Express freight motor Number 52 was preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum.

Crouseville. Number 50 was a 46' combine built by Brill.

Car Number 70 at Wasburn was a 56 1/2 foot combine built by Wason.

It was preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum.

GE 44 tonner Number 11 was one of the two new locomotives that replaced the electrics in 1945.