Click on "HQ" at the lower right (below the video box) for best results. Thanks Guilford, especially Mr. Mellon for allowing a once thriving, & vital branch line to go to shambles. This line was heavily used for freight operations up to the mid 1980's, & is/was part of the oldest railroad in Maine (dating back to the 1800's). The pictures of most of the engines (565, & 571) were taken during the final 10 years of operation on the line before Guilford ran it into the ground.
This burns me up what Guilford, & the politicians did/let happen that caused this line to go out of business for good. Lack of proper maintenance finally killed it in 1987, when it became too un-safe to run trains on it reliably anymore. I remember when the very engines in the pictures on this video ran the line, & my grandfather, & I would chase/watch them as they went through Moosehorn out the Charlotte Rd.
Farewell old friend....
The only thing left is the Woodland spur, & the DSRR portion in Ellsworth.
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