AVRR engine house still located on Parsons Street in Presque Isle, Maine.
This engine house (the barn) was built to house the AVR engines after the original building burned down in1947.
There was a converted gas pump on a small island between the large front doors that was used to refuel the engines. The building is still in use today and visible from Parsons Street in Presque Isle, Maine.
AVRR station in Presque Isle
This was the main AVRR station in downtown Presque Isle. When passenger service stopped and the trolleys were removed in the Fall of 1946, the track and bridge across the Presque Isle stream were removed and the building sold to the American Red Cross. The building is still there today. (Lou McIntyre Collection)
#70 in front of Presque Isle Station
Same station as above - when the trolleys provided passenger service. The view is reversed looking back across the Presque Isle stream.
Piers in the Presque Isle stream
Still visible today, these piers carried the AVRR traffic to the main station in downtown Presque Isle. The station is behind and to the right of this picture, the engine house in a field at the far end of the piers. (Lou McIntyre Collection)
Trolley on the Crouseville Bridge
This picture is looking south from the Crouseville side of the Aroostook River toward Munson Hill where the railroads power sub station is located.
Power station at the Crouseville Bridge
This was one of the powerhouses on the AVRR that converted AC power to DC power to run the trolleys and boxes. This building hasn't been used since the conversion to diesel in the Fall of 1946. It's located at Munson Hill on the Presque Isle side of the Crouseville bridge. (Lou McIntyre collection)
Interchange with BAR.
Trolley at Washburn
Trolley service began on the AVRR 1 July 1910 and ran under the wire until 7 August 1946. This is in Washburn, Maine.
Trolley also at Washburn - before the line was moved.
The AVRR ran down the side of Main Street in Washburn in the early days before being moved "down back" .
And the AVRR hauled freight
Despite what the charter said about the AVRR being a interurban passenger line - the AVRR had center cab electric locomotives to move the freight up and down the 32 miles of track from the day operations started.
The AVRR double ended snowplow.
As there was only one "Y" on the AVRR (at Presque Isle Junction) so it was important that the crews had the ability to plow snow in both directions when out on the line. This was the second plow built at the CPR shops in Montreal. The first one used one of the old center cab locos but was not able to handle Northern Maine winters.
AVRR New Sweden Station
A rare photo of the AVRR Station in New Sweden, Maine.
Speaking of "under the wire".
This is a crew making repairs to the cable that supplied the DC electricity to run the trolleys. WHSCC anyone.