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Looks like they're storing the ties at the old Pat's tow lot

I was looking for info on Oakdale Park also...
my guess: 43.49872, -71.67522

They layed down the ties for the new track in the Somerville Jct area and the rail is being put in place

CWR and markings for tie placement are on the ground around the area of Somerville Jct station. A drain pipe on the east side of Central St has been causing constant problems with the grading work...

I drove past the bridge last weekend, looks good

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CPR TT in Presque Isle?

Was looking at a map for Katahdin Iron Works area in Maine, found an old TT pit here:

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I was in South LaGrange recently. The turntable pit is still there a bit overgrown. I didn't have much time to investigate though...

Lately, elsewhere in the state, on the RR, I've seen that they've installed a new pole line with fiber after cutting back the overgrowth...

From what I can remember there was Arlington Center, Arlington Heights, then at some point in the future on to Lexington Center and Rte 128 area, following the Lexington Branch. It took a hundred years to get from Harvard Square out to Alewife

This wiki has some info. They had a bunch of narrow gauge tracks shown on an old topo from 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Powder_Mills" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://historical.northavenue.net/main.html#lonlat/-71.42349855171893/42.45024616535707/15|190...

Washington Jct has remnants
44.555215, -68.378831

Bucksport
44.580318, -68.807480

NMJ looks filled in
44.790460, -68.865355

Bangor gone
44.785960, -68.777393

Keag gone
45.516753, -68.350499

The bottomlands around the Bearcamp River are good farmland. The land on either side of the spur was farmed when the photo was taken. If it was still being farmed when the industry it served (sawmill?) closed and the spur was torn up, a couple of years' plowing would have eliminated all evidence. s...

The spot where the OCRR met the B&L was called Middlesex Junction. Reformatory Station was just east of the rotary, and the TT was in the general area of the State Police barracks parking lot. The prison had service from both the OC and B&L. The Lexington TT was behind Town Hall on the oppos...