Images of passenger service on the road Mainers called the "B&A"
Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains
4-6-0 No. 242 with Bangor–Van Buren, Me., Aroostook Flyer, circa 1939.
James D. Bennett
EMD E7 diesel No. 701, built April 1949.
Classic Trains coll.
E7 with Van Buren–Bangor Potatoland Special at Houlton, Me., circa 1954.
Philip R. Hastings
4-6-0 No. 95 with Bangor–Greenville mixed train at Monson Junction (connection with 2-foot Monson Railroad).
Classic Trains coll.
E7 No. 11 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer, at Brownville, Me., September 1955.
Jim Shaughnessy
Class F 4-6-2 No. 251, built by Alco, 1927.
Clarence J. Root
F3 No. 46 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer, at Northern Maine Junction, July 1956.
Parker Hayden
4-6-2 No. 251 with Van Buren–Bangor Aroostook Flyer entering Millinocket, August 1946.
Kent Day Coes
EMD E7 diesel No. 10 being washed at Northern Maine Junction, March 1955.
Jim Shaughnessy
4-6-2 No. 253 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer at Northern Maine Junction, mid-1940s.
Robert E. Chaffin coll.
E7 No. 11 with Bangor–Van Buren Aroostook Flyer north of Brownville, Me., September 1955.
Jim Shaughnessy
Van Buren–Bangor daily bus run No. 6 at Presque Isle, Me., June 1980.
J. David Ingles
Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains: All through October 2022, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, heritage, spirit, and grit of the Bangor & Aroostook, also known as the BAR by some. Please enjoy this photo gallery first published in January 2016 from images selected from Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library.
Celebrate the BAR with this Bangor & Aroostook passenger trains gallery, celebrate Fallen Flag railroads, only at Trains.com!