Dexter's railroad station in the upper village was built in 1889, when the railroad was extended from the lower village to Dover. Today, all that remains of this station is the metal sign on the canopy. A second nearly identical station without canopy was also built several miles north at Silver's Mills, also in Dexter. In this c. 1905-1915 photograph, an assortment of express wagons and hacks wait for the unloading of freight and passengers. With the coming of automobiles and better roads, passenger trains became a thing of the past, and the Maine Central Railroad eliminated passenger trains to Dexter in 1930. The railroad station eventually purchased by Dennis Cleaves and moved up to Church Street, where it was fitted up into a grocery store. Dennis later sold the store, and it burned under the new management and was torn down.

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