Editing Mattawamkeag, Maine (section)

==Railroad history==

[[Image:Railroad St., Mattawamkeag, ME.jpg|thumb|left|Railroad Street {{circa|1910}}]]
Mattawamkeag's history is inextricably linked to the [[rail transport|railroad]].

The [[European and North American Railway|European & North American Railway]] built a track up the Penobscot River valley from [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]] and reached Mattawamkeag in 1869.  By October 1871, the line was completed from Mattawamkeag to [[Vanceboro, Maine|Vanceboro]], where it connected through to [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]].  The [[Maine Central Railroad]] leased the Bangor-Vanceboro E&NA in 1882 and purchased it in 1955.

In 1889, the [[International Railway of Maine]] was completed between [[Megantic, Quebec|Megantic]], [[Quebec]], and  Mattawamkeag, where it interchanged with the Maine Central.  The parent company of the International Railway, [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]], obtained running rights from Maine Central for Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro, where it regained CPR trackage in New Brunswick.  This placed Mattawamkeag on the transcontinental mainline of the Canadian Pacific, running from Saint John to [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]].  In 1974, CPR purchased the Mattawamkeag-Vanceboro railway tracks from Maine Central.  In 1988, CPR transferred trackage east of Megantic to its subsidiary [[Canadian Atlantic Railway]].  In 1994, Canadian Atlantic was sold, with the line running through Mattawamkeag being purchased by [[J. D. Irving]], and is now operated as the [[Eastern Maine Railway (1995)|Eastern Maine Railway]].

Maine Central was purchased by [[Guilford Transportation Industries]] in 1981 and became part of [[Guilford Rail System]], since renamed [[Pan Am Railways]]. Pan Am now operates as a subsidiary of the larger [[CSX Transportation]] network, and is both the northernmost and easternmost point on the CSX Transportation network.