The Rumford Falls & Rangelely Lakes Railroad by Hutchinson, Doug - 1990

Dixfield, Maine, USA: Partridge Lane Publications, 1989. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. vii, 129pp. bw photos, maps. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean showing light surface wear commensurate w age. Binding square and not creased. Quarto

Maine, USA: Partridge Lane Publications, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 128 pages b/w photos - The Buckfield Branch Railroad was chartered in 1847 to build a Portland gauge railroad to Buckfield from Mechanic Falls on the Grand Trunk Railway. The railway was completed to Buckfield in 1849 and reorganized as the Portland and Oxford Central Railroad in 1857. The railway was extended to Canton in 1870 and reorganized as the Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad in 1874. The railway went into receivership in 1878 and was converted to standard gauge. The railway was reorganized by Hugh J. Chisholm in 1890 as the Portland and Rumford Falls Railway. The Portland and Rumford Falls Railway was extended north to Rumford Falls in 1892 and south to connect with the Maine Central Railroad at Rumford Junction near Auburn in 1893. A branch line was completed from Canton to Chisholm in 1897 and extended to a connection with the former Androscoggin Railroad at Livermore Falls in 1899. The… Read More