Carson – Sweden railway line
| Carson ME – Sweden ME, as of 1999 |
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| Society: | last AVR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 11.76 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway Carson-Sweden is a railway line in Maine ( United States ). It is 11.76 kilometers long. The standard gauge line has been closed and dismantled.
After the Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVR) had completed their route from Presque Isle to Washburn , they planned in 1911 an extension of this route north to Sweden . It was built that same year and scheduled traffic to Woodland began on December 9th. The last construction work on the section to Sweden dragged on until January 25, 1912. At the end of 1912, a branch to West Caribou was built in Carson, but it became part of the main line. The Carson – Sweden section became the Sweden Branch . Like the rest of the route network, the route to Sweden was electrified with 1200 volts direct current.
In 1932 the Canadian Pacific Railway acquired the AVR and with it the route to Sweden, but the Aroostook Valley was still in charge of operations. Passenger traffic ended on August 7, 1946, after which the electrical systems were also dismantled. The railway company had already acquired diesel locomotives for freight transport the year before. 1978 also ended the freight traffic on the Sweden Branch and the line was closed.
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 .
- ↑ Kilometrage of: Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Issue June 1916. Page 52.
literature
- Charles D. Heseltine, Edwin B. Robertson: Aroostook Valley Railroad. History of the Potatoland Interurban in Northern Maine. Robertson Books, Westbrook ME 1987.
- Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide. 5th edition. Kalmbach Publishing, Waukesha WI 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9 ( Railroad Reference Series 17).
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .