Abandoned Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad locomotives[1]
Overview
Locale
North Maine Woods region, Penobscot County and Piscataquis County Maine
Dates of operation
1927–1933
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length
13 miles (21 km)[2]
The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the Maine North Woods. The railroad operated only a few years in a location so remote the steam locomotives were never scrapped and remain exposed to the elements at the site of the Eagle Lake Tramway. Its tracks were located in Penobscot County and Piscataquis County.
^Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad locomotives Location 46.322445, -69.374989
^"Eagle Lake & West Branch Railroad". Richard N. Symonds, Jr. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
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