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[KevinKorell]

Times-Record, Brunswick, ME, 1/21/24:

 

 

 

    Proposed Brunswick-Rockland excursion train would include fine-dining car  

 

 

 

Another company has proposed an excursion train from Brunswick to Rockland that would include a fine-dining car, marking the latest attempt to revive passenger service on the 57-mile Rockland Branch.

 

Full story

 

Related story:      Amtrak Downeaster gets $27.5M for track upgrades

[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine, 1/25/24:
 

   Downeaster’s Rockland branch experiment encounters equipment snag, Amtrak involvement delays  

 
 
 
A proposal to use a Rail Diesel Car to offer year-round connections on a former Maine Central branch line from Rockland, Maine to a rendezvous with Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority’s Amtrak-operated Downeaster at Brunswick, Maine, is being re-evaluated after the RDC suffered a debilitating breakdown last fall

 
Story here.
 
This story is cross-posted in multiple forums since it involves tourist train and Amtrak.

[KevinKorell]

Maine Public,   6/13/24:

 

 

    Rail agency stops operations, halts Downeaster train extension to Rockland   

 

 

Any plans to extend Amtrak’s Downeaster train service to Rockland have been derailed for now.

 

 

This is the story.

 

Cross-posted in Amtrak and Tourist forums.