NEWCASTLE (AP) – A once busy Newcastle Railroad Station is one of several buildings that has been added to a list of historically valuable sites Maine risks losing to disrepair and age.

“Day by day, you lose a little but of history,” said Bill Dunning, president of the Newcastle Historical Society, standing outside the rundown train station about 40 miles north of Portland in Lincoln County.

Commenting on the railroad station, Earle Shettleworth of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, said its demise was part of a trend.

“Railroad stations existed largely for passenger service, and in the 1960s passenger service ceased in Maine,” he said. “In that time a large number of stations were either torn down or sold by the railroads.”

The building’s paint now is chipped, and the steps are overgrown with weeds.The group’s list of “Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Properties” also includes: Outlet and Lookout cabins at Daicey Pond in Baxter State Park; the Halfway Rock Lighthouse in Harpswell; and Bowdoin College’s Walker Art Museum, where renovations are planned.