You may notice that some railroad crossings in Maine have medians on either side of the crossing. They may seem out of place, but there is a reason they are there.
I love when businesses do this. Celebrate their anniversaries and birthdays with cheap pricing that gives you and I a chance to experience something we may not normally do. In this case, the Amtrak Downeaster is selling roundtrip tickets for 20 bucks. That's so inexpensive and worth the price to do a bit of car-free traveling along the route.