"The prospect of regular passenger service on a state-owned route between Brunswick and Rockland, Maine, received a big boost last week when Maine’s Department of Transportation budgeted $3 million to advance a two-year pilot project utilizing 1950s-era Budd Rail Diesel Cars."
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...-for-pilot-of-brunswick-rockland-rdc-service/
This was originally proposed as an Amtrak service and Amtrak ran a test train back in 2019 but any further progress was put on hold probably due to the pandemic.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) is now pursuing operation by Midcoast Rail Services, a subsidiary of New York’s Finger Lakes Railway which has a fleet of RDC cars that previously ran in Texas.
The branch previously had seasonal service run by the Maine Eastern but that ceased in 2015 when ME was replaced by a new operator CM&Q which had no interest in running passenger service.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...-for-pilot-of-brunswick-rockland-rdc-service/
This was originally proposed as an Amtrak service and Amtrak ran a test train back in 2019 but any further progress was put on hold probably due to the pandemic.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) is now pursuing operation by Midcoast Rail Services, a subsidiary of New York’s Finger Lakes Railway which has a fleet of RDC cars that previously ran in Texas.
The branch previously had seasonal service run by the Maine Eastern but that ceased in 2015 when ME was replaced by a new operator CM&Q which had no interest in running passenger service.