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How to Find the Abandoned 100-Year Old Locomotives in the Maine Woods

How to Find the Abandoned 100-Year Old Locomotives in the Maine Woods

Have you heard the stories of the West Branch Railroad in Maine??The remains of the short rail still stand ominous and spooky in the woods near Eagle Lake in northern Maine.

According to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, "The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad replaced the?Tramway. In 1926 this railroad ran from the Eagle Lake end of the tramway thirteen miles to Umbazooksus Lake, which connects to the West Branch of the Penobscot River via Chesuncook Lake."