Washburn – Perham Road railway line
| Washburn ME – Perham Road ME, status 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Route length: | approx. 1 km | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Society: | last AVR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway Washburn Perham Road is a railway line in Maine ( United States ). It's almost a kilometer long. The standard gauge line has been closed and dismantled.
history
When the route network of the Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVR) was planned, the project also included a branch from Washburn to Wade along the western Aroostook River. With the construction of the AVR main line in 1910, this branch should also be built. Shortly after the main line opened in July of that year, the AVR began operating the first section from Washburn to a gravel pit on Perham Road. The construction to Wade was not carried out, only the name Wade Branch reminded of the original plan. The line branched north of Washburn station from the main line, crossed the Squa Pan-Stockholm route of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad and ended shortly thereafter at Perham Road. Like the AVR main line, it was electrified with 1200 volts DC. The line was licensed as a public railway, but only served to remove the gravel quarried from Perham Road.
In 1932 the Canadian Pacific Railway acquired the AVR and with it the Wade Branch . With the purchase of two diesel locomotives in 1945, electrical operation on the line ended, and the catenary systems were dismantled the following year. It is not known exactly when the line was closed. The subsequent main line was shut down in 1982.
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 .
- Charles D. Heseltine, Edwin B. Robertson: Aroostook Valley Railroad. Robertson Books, Westbrook ME 1987.
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Issue June 1916. Page 52.