Patricia Quinn, Executive Director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, addressed the crowd as well, announcing some of the superb increases in Downeaster service and ridership. By 2010, the plan is for the Downeaster to terminate two trips daily in Brunswick. Maine Eastern plans to match that schedule so that passengers can ride from Boston to Rockland and possibly Augusta by train.

The passenger train was open for tours during the groundbreaking event.

Photographed by R. Michael White, October 14, 2008.
Added to the photo archive by Michael White, November 1, 2008.
Railroad: Maine Eastern Railway.

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