reb
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Very interesting. I wonder, considering the short life of the railroad, whether it paid for itself.
Train From Nothing to Nowhere
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The man that built it sold it to the Great Northern Paper Company before it ran. He appears to have been a lumber baron.
Edouard “King” Lacroix Was a Canadian Lumber Baron | Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation
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Nice to see those old trains haven't been vandalized.
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I think it may be too much work for vandals to get there. :laughing:
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It is nice that the spray paint demons haven't found them. But they are missing their bells, builders plates and number plates -- always the first things to go from abandoned engines. Maybe the owners took the with them when they pulled out but if not I'm sure they could be found in some rail fan's basement.
Do you know if they are narrow gauge or standard? And did they burn oil or coal -- tough to get either out there.
Thanks for sharing this.
Do you know if they are narrow gauge or standard? And did they burn oil or coal -- tough to get either out there.
Thanks for sharing this.
BigBlue1
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A hundred miles of dirt forest roads. That would be both awesome and awful at the same time. I'd love exploring like that but I have a newer truck and I can imagine all the abuse a vehicle would take on that trip. Now if I had a nice trail Jeep that would be a wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing.
Rob
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I was thinking the same thing. I've enjoyed most of my scenic site-seeing on my motorcycle. I somehow don't think that road would be friendly to my full dresser touring bike.
The railroad was standard gauge. Another article says the locomotives were converted to oil-burning to reduce fire hazard
From:
Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad - Wikipedia
The engine house became a popular snowmobile destination in the 1960s; and fittings like gauges, bells, headlights, and number plates began to disappear from the locomotives before the wooden cab of engine #1 was destroyed when the engine house burned in 1969. The locomotive boiler jackets and asbestos lagging were removed in 1995 but the stripped locomotive shells remain a unique reminder of the industrial revolution in the Maine North Woods.
Bruce
From:
Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad - Wikipedia
The engine house became a popular snowmobile destination in the 1960s; and fittings like gauges, bells, headlights, and number plates began to disappear from the locomotives before the wooden cab of engine #1 was destroyed when the engine house burned in 1969. The locomotive boiler jackets and asbestos lagging were removed in 1995 but the stripped locomotive shells remain a unique reminder of the industrial revolution in the Maine North Woods.
Bruce
