by Richard Glueck
I cruised down from Ellsworth to Cherryfield, back via the Franklin Woods Road today, stopping to take a few pictures of the line. SOme of that rail is quite heavy duty, and though minor washouts were in evidence, one would be hard pressed to say the line was a basket case. I noted that somebody had recently passed through on a motor car or high rail vehicle, as the crossings were scarred and the sand freshly grooved by shallow flanges. The rust was lightly scraped away. I do hope artifacts from the line will be auctioned of or sold, rather than simply dumped into scrap hoppers. The entire line has abundent plow flange boards, switch stands, crossing signs, etc. I haven't traveled the line inside the woods, but mile posts and whistle posts most remain in there. It was all quite interesting.
"We no take-a gasoline. We no take-a airplane. We take-a steamship! And that friends, is how we fly to America! - Chico Marx