Dexter and Newport Railroad

Dexter and Newport Railroad
Locale	central Maine
Dates of operation	1868–1868
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	29.5 miles (47.5 km)

Maine Central Railroad constructed a Foxcroft Branch in two stages after completing its main line from Portland to Bangor. The Dexter and Newport Railroad was completed in 1868 northward from Newport Junction on the Maine Central main line to Dexter. The completed railroad was leased by the Maine Central the following year. An extension northward from Dexter to Foxcroft on the Piscataquis River was completed in 1889 as the Dexter and Piscataquis Railroad.^[1] The branch became a major pulpwood loading point through the 1970s; but was abandoned in 1990.^[2]

Railway mileposts

Milepost 0: Newport Junction on the Maine Central main line

Milepost 2.0: Camp Benson

Milepost 7.0: Corinna agent's station

Milepost 9.5: Lincoln's Mills

Milepost 11.6: Moody's

Milepost 15.3: Dexter agent's station

Milepost 17.9: Lily Pond

Milepost 20.0: Silver's Mills agent's station

Milepost 22.5: West Dover

Milepost 24.2: Starbird's

Milepost 24.8: Sand Hills

Milepost 29.5: Dover and Foxcroft agent's station^[3]

References

Marson, Don and Jennison, Brian (1999). Railroads of the Pine Tree State Volume 1. Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 1-885614-31-4.
Peters, Bradley L. (1976). Maine Central Railroad Company. Maine Central Railroad.

Notes

↑ Peters (1976) pp.14&15
↑ Marson and Jennicon (1999) p.71
↑ Reproduction Maine Central Railroad, Portland Terminal Company, Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad, Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Company Hand-Book of Officers, Agents, Stations and Sidings January 1, 1917. Edwin B. Robertson. 1980. p. 14.

Maine Central Railroad Company

Lines	Main Line Bar Harbor Beecher Falls Belfast Bingham Brunswick Bucksport Calais Eastport Farmington Foxcroft Harmony Hartland Kineo Lewiston Livermore Falls Mountain Princeton Rangeley Rockland Rumford Skowhegan Vanceboro

Subsidiaries	Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Northeast Airlines Portland Terminal Company Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

Named Trains	Bar Harbor Express Flying Yankee Gull

Steam Locomotives	Class C 4-6-2 470 Class H 4-4-0 Class K 0-6-0 Class L 4-4-0 Class M 2-6-0 Class N 4-6-0 Class O 4-6-0 Class P 2-6-0 Class S 2-8-2 Class W 2-8-0 501 519

Diesel Locomotives	Class DF EMD F3 Class DP EMD E7 Class DRS road switcher Class DS-1 yard switcher Class DS-4 branch line switcher

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