Gardiner – Copsecook Mills railway line
| Gardiner ME – Copsecook Mills ME, as of 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route length: | 3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | ME | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway line Gardiner Copsecook Mills (also Cobbosseecontee Branch ) is a railway line in Maine ( United States ). It is around three kilometers long. The standard gauge line is owned by the Maine Eastern Railroad , but operations have ceased.
The line was opened around 1900 by the Maine Central Railroad to connect an industrial area on the western outskirts of Gardiner . The railway is used exclusively for freight traffic, but is licensed as a public railway. After Maine Central went bankrupt in 1981 and was sold to Guilford Transportation , the route fell victim to the new owner's austerity measures. Operation ended in 1982, but the line remained operational. It was sold to the State of Maine in 1990, which leased it to the Maine Coast Railroad and from 2003 to the Maine Eastern Railroad. Operations have not yet resumed. The tracks on the site of the terminus were dismantled, although the line was not officially closed.
The railway branches north of the Cobbosseecontee Stream from the Brunswick – Skowhegan railway line and runs along the river to the southwest. Shortly before the terminus, the train crosses the river.
literature
- Mike Walker: SPV's comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. New England & Maritime Canada. Steam Powered Publishing, Faversham 1999, ISBN 1-874745-12-9 .
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 (New England Rail Heritage Series).