Great photos from Terrence Harper of The Allagash Alliance Group. The volunteers from the AAG made the trek to the locomotives over several consecutive years, carrying everything from jacks to ballast. Once the engines were jacked up, panel track (which was built on site) was slid under the 2 locos.


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> Great photos from Terrence Harper of The
> Allagash Alliance Group. The volunteers from
> the AAG made the trek to the locomotives
> over several consecutive years, carrying
> everything from jacks to ballast. Once the
> engines were jacked up, panel track (which
> was built on site) was slid under the 2
> locos.

What's the story on those two locomotives? How long have they been sitting there? What are eventual plans? Does the group working on the locomotives plan on moving them? They are some nice little locomotives.

J.T. Ciampaglia

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This will give you answers to most of your questions I hope: these engines have been there a long time, got there in an interesting way, and are surely not going anywhere... indeed, they are looking to have such wonderful-crazy caretakers at all...

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/Trains2000.html


Eagle Lake Train Trek
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In July, 1967, Downeast Magazine, published a 5 page article with ten photos and a map telling the story of the Eagle Lake logging railroads. A logging railroad first called Umbazooksus and Eagle Lake R.R. and later Eagle Lake & West Branch R.R. operated from 1927 to 1930 using the steam locomotives referred to and it had a connection with the Chesuncook & Chamberlain R.R. that hauled supplies but not logs nearby. This article was written by Jim Shaughnessy and called Ghost Train in the Maine Woods. Although this issue of the magazine is no longer available, photocopies of the article can be obtained for $5.00 from the publisher: Downeast Magazine, attn. Mary Grosskopf, P.O.Box 679, Camden, ME 04843.

Bob Reich


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