Ayer's Junction – Eastport railway line
| Ayer's Junction ME – Eastport ME, as of 1999 |
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| Route length: | 25.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | most recently MEC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway Ayer's Junction Eastport is a railway line in Maine ( United States ). It is 25.3 kilometers long. The standard gauge line was last operated by the Maine Central Railroad and has been closed.
The railway line branches off at the station Ayer's Junction from the Railway Junction Washington-St. Croix Junction in a triangular track and winds eastwards to Perry on the coast. From there, the railway runs southeast over an isthmus to the peninsula on which the city of Eastport is located. The terminus was on Sea Street at the city harbor. It was the easternmost station in the United States until the line was closed.
When the Washington County Railroad built a railway line parallel to the Calais coast to the west, the city of Eastport and its fishing industry had the opportunity to join the railroad. The railway company therefore built a branch line from its main line, which was opened on July 15, 1898. The operating license was only granted on October 8th, but regular traffic took place before then. After completion of the main line in the same year, the trains ran from and to Eastport to Ayer's Junction following the trains on the main line. In addition to passengers, mainly fishery products were transported from Eastport.
From 1911, the Maine Central Railroad conducted operations on the line after it had acquired Washington County. In 1938 the passenger traffic was stopped, the freight traffic ended in 1978, after which the line was closed and dismantled.
credentials
- ^ Mike Walker: SPV's comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. New England & Maritime Canada. Steam Powered Publishing, Faversham 1999, ISBN 1-874745-12-9 .
literature
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .