Maine Railroad History True or False

Can you guess the correct answers to these facts regarding both historic and contemporary Maine railroading?
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1. In 2020, what Maine railroad was purchased by Canadian Pacific Railway?
Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway
The Eastern Railroad
Central Maine & Quebec Railway
Sanford & Eastern Railroad
2. What terminal railroad company was jointly operated by the Maine Central as well as the Boston & Maine?
Eastern Railroad
Portland Terminal Railroad
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad
Safe Handling LLC
3. In 1987 the Maine Department of Transportation purchased the Rockland Branch rail line to prevent abandonment of the corridor. Since then, how many operators have run the rail line?
7
2
13
4
4. Many railroads have attempted to link Maine with northern Canada since the birth of railroads in the 1830's. Which 2ft narrow gauge railroad attempted to link 'Maine's Prettiest Village,' with Canada?
Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad
Wiscasset & Quebec Railway
Atlantic & Saint Lawrence Railway
Maine Central Railroad
5. In 2009, a local group of residents came together to save the railroad station in Brooks, ME. Since then this group has grown to operate the equipment and rail corridor on what Waldo County rail line?
Newport & Dexter Railroad
Searsport Branch
Maine Narrow Gauge
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad
6. Which railroad ran the annual 'Turkey Train' across its system, distributing free turkeys to its employees?
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Aroostook Valley Raiload
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad
Atlantic Shore Line
7. The Lime Rock Railroad moved limestone from surrounding quarries to kilns on the waterfront of what Midcoast city?
Boothbay
Camden
Rockland
Woolwich
8. Amidst WWI in the year 1915, German spies detonated explosives on what international railroad bridge linking Maine with Canada in an attempt to snare the allies's ware effort?
Calais-Saint Stephen
Vanceboro-Saint Croix Bridge
Eustis-Frontenac
Van Buren-Saint Leonard
9. In what year did Timothy Mellon's Guilford Transportation Industries begin acquiring railroads to expand its empire?
2009
1964
1976
1981
10. Maine's first steam locomotive entered service in 1846, and greets people as the first exhibit one sees at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. This engine is called...
The Tiger
The Lion
The Shark
The Bull Moose
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