Madrid Junction – Number 6 railway line
| Madrid Junction ME – Number 6 ME | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route length: | 9 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 610 mm ( 2 foot track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | SR&RL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway line Madrid Junction Number 6 is a railway line in Maine ( United States ). It is around nine kilometers long. The line was built in the gauge of two feet (610 mm) and is completely shut down.
After the Phillips – Rangeley line was opened by the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad in 1890, the desire arose to connect some logging camps on the southern arm of the Sandy River to the railway. For this reason, the Madrid Railroad was founded in 1902 . The line branched off at Madrid Junction from the Phillips & Rangeley and led southwest along the Sandy River to Weld Township . The terminus was simply called Number 6 because the logging camp with this number was located there. The line went into operation on May 11, 1903. The management was incumbent on Phillips & Rangeley from the start. In 1908, the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad took over the railway, which in turn was owned by the Maine Central Railroad from 1911 to 1923 .
The main purpose of the route was to transport wood and transport the loggers to the respective camps. On July 8, 1932, the railway company stopped all operations on its route network. Some of the routes were reopened the following year, but the Madrid Railroad was not. The Madrid Junction – Number 6 railway was dismantled in 1934.
literature
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .