Roundhouse: (Satellite, no trace is left)
Coaling Tower: (Satellite)Depot: (Satellite)
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| Allagash Outpost posted Frank Baker's Roundhouse Crew pose in front of the Engine House of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Oakfield, Maine in 1922. Raymond Storey shared |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's share 1954 https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/scene/metadata/full/5e83d8e4870f4473/AR1VEX000010060/ This town still has their coaling tower, which I included near the bottom of the aerial photo. https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1040304,-68.149021,143m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu |
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| Calvin Ryder Jr posted Thomas Dorman Bangor & Aroostook coaling tower at Oakfield, built in 1933 by Roberts & Schaefer Company of Chicago. |
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| Edward O Pollock III posted Abandoned BAR coaling tower, Oakfield, ME Charles Kuefler: Wow, I had no idea that there was a coaling tower still standing in Maine. Thanks for posting! Andrew Toppan: Charles Kuefler there are 5 coaling towers in Maine. [But he left the other four as an exercise for the reader.] Tim Shanahan shared |
It is nice to see that at least some forest products are still shipped by rail. That is a long 8-track railyard for such a small town. Are all of the brown areas around that town clear-cut forest land?
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| Street View, Sep 2023 |
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| Street View, Sep 2023 |
I.e. Xam posted two photos with the comment: "Well this was a definite first in my extensive depot hunting over the years. A sizable scale model of the real thing sitting on the lawn in front! Oakfield ME. July 2023 Bangor & Aroostook-1912"
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This town is on the Maine Northern Railway part of New Brunswick Southern. They evidently share locomotives with the other two parts: NB Southern and Eastern Main Railways.
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Obviously, someone runs a tourist train on this route and this depot is one of the stops. I have not been able to find any information on a tourist operation. So was this a special exhibition train? There are several more photos showing a train at the station with a crowd of people on the grounds.
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| Andrew Mooers, Nov 2022 |
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| Andrew Mooers, Nov 2022 |
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