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Sixth oldest railroad
by Outspoken on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:26 pm
Sixth oldest railroad
from the Morning Sentinel
Built in 1867 and chartered by Maine governor and Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain, the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad is the sixth oldest, continually operating railroad in the country.
"This is the 140th anniversary of the B&MLRR," said Bob Lamontagne, president of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Preservation Society.
In 2005, the line's first railroad touring company went out of business. A year later, the railroad preservation society formed as a nonprofit organization.
"We operate exclusively on our own track," Lamontagne said of the 30-miles of track the company leases from the B&MLRR for excursions.
On the two-hour trip from Unity Depot to Burnham Junction and back, train buffs can roll back in time to the '60s and earlier on a line that is "the best-preserved rural branch line railroad in the northeastern United States," according to the company brochure.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4340939.html
For more history, check out this site...
http://www.cprr.org/Museum/BMLRR/
from the Morning Sentinel
Built in 1867 and chartered by Maine governor and Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain, the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad is the sixth oldest, continually operating railroad in the country.
"This is the 140th anniversary of the B&MLRR," said Bob Lamontagne, president of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Preservation Society.
In 2005, the line's first railroad touring company went out of business. A year later, the railroad preservation society formed as a nonprofit organization.
"We operate exclusively on our own track," Lamontagne said of the 30-miles of track the company leases from the B&MLRR for excursions.
On the two-hour trip from Unity Depot to Burnham Junction and back, train buffs can roll back in time to the '60s and earlier on a line that is "the best-preserved rural branch line railroad in the northeastern United States," according to the company brochure.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4340939.html
For more history, check out this site...
http://www.cprr.org/Museum/BMLRR/
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