PORTLAND, Maine - As train station manager in Freeport, Nelson Soule served as the ticketing agent, telegraph operator and freight handler before rail service ended there in 1960, with trucks taking ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Amtrak's Downeaster is ready to roll to northward to Freeport and Brunswick with the service kicking off on Nov. 1, ahead of Thanksgiving travel and holiday shopping, officials ...

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Nelson Soule, 91, poses next to the Amtrak Downeaster train Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at the station in Portland, Maine. Soule will be aboard Amtrak's Downeaster on Thursday as the Boston-to-Portland ...

FREEPORT — Federal, state and local transportation officlals gathered in Freeport today to mark the completion of a passenger platform that will serve the Amtrak Downeaster when it begins service to ...

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FREEPORT, Maine — As trains blew their horns in the background, nearly two dozen residents urged the Town Council to institute quiet zones at rail crossings in town to silence the Amtrak Downeaster ...

Ridership on Amtrak's Downeaster that travels between Brunswick, Maine, and Boston is ahead of last year despite a series of weekend disruptions caused by construction and the Boston Marathon bombings ...

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Beginning Aug. 9, people living along the train tracks in Freeport will no longer hear the whistles and bells of the Amtrak Downeaster.The Town Council voted 6-1 to enact a railroad quiet zone for the ...