McAdam, New Brunswick Train Station

In the late nineteenth century, the Canadian Pacific Railway needed a shorter route to the ice free port of St. John, New Brunswick. Undaunted by geography and international borders, the CPR built a rail line across the middle of Maine, known as the "International of Maine". This line, opened to through traffic in June 1889, operated in some of the remotest portions of Maine. Before the St. Lawrence Seaway made almost year round water shipping to Montreal possible in the late 1950's, the CPR did a great volume of winter traffic on the line.

We found this train station in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere and just a few miles before the US border into Maine. It was so beautiful, we had to pull over and take a picture. It's the most magnificent train station we've seen in the East. Unfortunately, it's a foggy, drizzly day, so the photo's not the best. Interesting piece of history, though.

We travelled from Halifax to Moncton yesterday and from Moncton to Hermon, Maine today. We are just a few miles west of Bangor, Maine. It's a few degrees warmer going south, but it's busy raining away. Makes us feel right at home. We have a few more days of heavy travelling to get to Philadelphea for the weekend. At this time of year, our destination: Seseame Place, is only open on weekends. Yvonne's getting excited about being able to give Big Bird a hug.