Dexter and Newport Railroad

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Locale central Maine Length 47,476 m		Dates of operation 1868–1868 Date of operation 1868
Track gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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. The branch became a major pulpwood loading point through the 1970s; but was abandoned in 1990.

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

References

Dexter and Newport Railroad Wikipedia

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