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Maine Central Station Lewiston

The Maine Central station is at the north end of Bates street, 44°06'08.0"N 70°13'03.2"W, and is now called Iron Horse Court.

This station was built in 1916 and is now restored as a multipurpose venue complete with meeting and banquet facilities. See them at ironhorsecourtmaine.com.

The CSX owned PanAm rails behind the station are still active today.

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Classification: The process of putting cars in a specific order. Industrial: placing cars for loading or retrieving empties. Train: adding or removing cars from a train at an intermediate point. Intermediate: Service performed by a carrier who neither originates nor terminates the shipment. Inter-plant: Movement of a car from one track to another within the shipper's or receiver's yard, or an intermediate terminal.

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