Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Historical and Technical Society

The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Historical and Technical Society was formed in 1974 and appears to have vanished around five years later. As the organization no longer exists, here is an archive of the newsletters produced by the organization. It remains an ongoing project to attempt to reconstruct the brief history of this organization, one that would have probably slipped into the obscurity of history had someone not handed me a pile of newsletters. (Thank you Neil!) 

If you have an issue that I am missing - or a better copy of one listed below - please reach out! Thank you!

If you or someone you know was an officer of the BARHTS - I would like to hear from you as this organization seems to have simply vanished into the fog of time. Thank you!

At some point in its history, the document is undated, the BARHTS released a list of slides, prints, and other media available in its collection. The list is rather impressive. It is included here. It is not known if any of these images survived or what happened to them.

Volume 11974The introductory year for this newsletter appears to have had 8 issues, although what months were skipped is not on record. Perhaps a summer break?
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February 1974Portions difficult to read

March 1974Portions Difficult to read

 

April 1974? Issue Not on File
May 1974Portions difficult to read
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November 1974Portions difficult to read
Volume 21975It would seem for volume 2 of this newsletter, the number of issues was cut in half, based upon the month and year from number 4. However this is largely conjecture.
Winter 1975 
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December 1975 
Volume 31976Volume 3 is the only volume that is complete as of this time in this collection. 
March 1976 
June 1976 
September 1976 
December 1976 
Volume 41977Volume 4, the third anniversary year. If the schedule from Volume 3 was continued, four issues should have been produced.
March 1977Proudly proclaimed as the Third Anniversary Issue
June 1977 
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