to the tracks. The rail line and road remain in use today In 1894 the parishes of Prince William and Dumfries were merged into a new parish known as the Parish of McAdam. In 1889, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) built the International Railway of Maine: the final link making it the first transcontinental railway. The following year, the CPR leased the New Brunswick Railway for nine hundred ninety-nine years. The CPR began an ambitious construction project on a massive station/hotel at the junction in 1900; construction was completed in 1901 and expanded in 1911. The station became the dominant feature of the settlement and would go on to be a major employer for the junction, heralding a period of growth. World War I and II both had a staunch impact on the community. Trains carrying soldiers east to ports such as Halifax passed through McAdam. Trains often stopped for inspection and servicing at the station and demand for workers caused the population in the town to continue to rise. In 1915, a German agent, Werner Horn, attempted to destroy the international railroad bridge between Vanceboro, Maine and St. Croix, New Brunswick - immediately west of McAdam - in order to limit the movements of war supplies to the port of Saint John. His attempt proved futile, as the bridge was not severely damaged and was returned to service several days later. The change from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives during the 1950s proved to be devastating for McAdam's economy. Trains no longer needed to stop as frequently for service and the railway station in McAdam lost the importance it once had. New highways constructed after the war saw trucks and automobiles reduce the need for the branch lines to St. Stephen, St. Andrews and Woodstock. Local passenger trains from McAdam to these destinations were canceled in the early 1960s, leaving The Atlantic Limited as McAdam's only remaining passenger train. These changes in turn caused the station's hotel to close later in the decade. Already suffering from new technological developments and its isolation from any other reliable source of employment, McAdam was devastated after the CPR transferred operation of its passenger service to Via Rail Canada in 1978. In 1981, Via cancelled the Atlantic, although it was revived in 1985 before being permanently cancelled in December 1994, whereby CPR closed the station. In January 1995, CPR transferred ownership of the