Somerset Railway Company

1904 – 1911

Business Type
Corporation
State of Incorporation
Maine
Business Purpose
Railroad
Rail Operations
1904-1911
Operations In
United States: Maine

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Kennebec Valley Railroad Company
1903 to 1904, Renamed

Timeline

August 15, 1904
Kennebec Valley Railroad Company name changes to Somerset Railway Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).
1910
Kineo Company is acquired by Somerset Railway Company.
Source
Lester P. Schoene, L-39-225 Status Under the Railroad Retirement Act of the Maine Central Transportation Company, April 17, 1939, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-RR-e64b06ea58c50ea10acf5616d6870ad4/pdf/GOVPUB-RR-e64b06ea58c50ea10acf5616d6870ad4.pdf.
July 1, 1911
Somerset Railway Company merges with Maine Central Railroad Company.
Source
United States, Interstate Commerce Commission, “Maine Central Railroad Company,” in Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 357-513 (United States Government Printing Office, 1931).