Record of operating expenses, September 1882 to September 1884.

Stock certificates (approximately 140), pay tickets (approximately 60), timeslips (approximately 50), receipts, legal papers, and financial documents. The pay information has genealogical research value. Some of the pay stubs and tickets are made out to "Italian #102," etc., denoting employee designation based on nationality and ethnicity (See Box 2, folder 5, and Oversized folder). The collection contains cancelled common stock certificates from #4960-5200, Feb. 18-Nov. 19, 1920 (with some gaps). These stock certificates have Maine Central Railroad Company letterhead, and contains some other documentation.

Maine is populated with intriguing characters who set in motion a fascinating, compelling story of railroads and the unique communities they helped to build. One of the first states to build railroads and trolleys in the United States, Maine at one point had more than ninety communities with trolleys. Standard-gauge and "two-footers" crossed the state, including the St. Lawrence & Atlantic and the Bangor & Aroostook. From an international electric trolley to the attempted World War I dynamiting of a railroad bridge between the United States and Canada, the state is home to a rich rail heritage. Join Bill Kenny as he takes you on a journey from the first tracks made of wood to today's high-speed Downeaster Amtrak train.