Eastern Maine Railway (1994)
The Eastern Maine Railway (EMRY) is an American shortline railroad company . It is a subsidiary of Saint John (New Brunswick) sitting New Brunswick Southern Railway (NBSR) and belongs to such as these JDIrving Group.
history
EMRY was founded in 1994 to manage the 169 km long Brownville Junction - Vanceboro section of the NBSR in Maine ( United States ) . This became necessary after the Canadian Pacific Railway applied for the line to be closed at the end of 1994. On January 1, 1995, EMRY took over the route. Freight traffic on the route is handled by the NBSR. Historically, the route consists of two different parts. From Brownville Junction to Mattawamkeag , it was opened in 1889 by the International Railway of Maine . The subsequent stretch to Vanceboro had existed since 1871 and was part of the network of the European and North American Railway , which had also built what is now the NBSR route in New Brunswick. Both parts of the route were later sold to the Canadian Pacific.
On June 19, 2013, she acquired the section from Madawaska to the state border at Van Buren from the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway and has been operating on this section ever since.
Rail connections exist at the state border at Van Buren and at Vanceboro to the New Brunswick Southern Railway, in Mattawamkeag to the Pan Am Railways , in Madawaska and in Brownville Junction to the Maine Northern Railway , which is also a subsidiary of the New Brunswick Southern Railway, and in Brownville Junction to the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.
Route network
The railway company does not have its own trains. The freight transport itself is carried out by the NBSR. The following list contains the route sections operated:
| route | since |
|---|---|
| Brownville Junction – Mattawamkeag | January 1, 1995 |
| Mattawamkeag-Vanceboro | January 1, 1995 |
| Madawaska – Van Buren | 19th June 2013 |
| Van Buren – state border | 19th June 2013 |