The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the North Maine Woods. The railroad operated only a few years in a location so remote
Abandoned Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad locomotives
One of the log haulers used to transport railroad equipment
Trestle north of Chamberlain lake.
Eagle lake wye yard.
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The North Maine Woods is the northern geographic area of the state of Maine in the United States. The thinly populated region is overseen by a combination of private individual and private industrial
Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad
…The Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the North Maine Woods. The railroad operated only a few years in a location so remote the steam locomotives were never scrapped and remain exposed to the elements at the…
Log jam at Ripogenus Gorge during 1870s log driving