Legal Opinion
Maine Central Railroad v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 4, 1978PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
This controversy results from a railroad derailment that occurred at Clinton, Maine, on October 20, 1971. The derailment took place after some twenty freight cars belonging to the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (BAR) had been interchanged to a train belonging to Maine Central Railroad (MEC) and operated by MEC on its tracks. Maine Central alleges that the derailment occurred because BAR had modified several of its cars on an experimental basis. The modification, it is alleged, caused the center sills running lengthwise on BAR # 3121 to break and drop into the roadbed, derailing…
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