Maine Central Railroad Bucksport Branch
- Maine Central Railroad Bucksport Branch
The Bucksport Branch is a railroad line in Maine that was operated by the Maine Central Railroad. It is now part of the Pan Am Railways system.
The Bucksport Branch junctions with the mainline at Bangor and continues south down the Penobscot River valley, passing through Brewer and terminating at Bucksport.
This mi to km|19|abbr=yes branch was chartered in 1870 as the Bucksport and Bangor Railroad and its grade was surveyed in the autumn of 1872. Construction of the line began in the spring of 1873 with trains beginning to run regularly over its whole length on December 21, 1874. The MEC took over operation of the branch from the European and North American Railway in 1883.
Route mileposts
Milepost 0: Brewer Junction on the Maine Central Eastern Division 1.2 miles east of Bangor.
Milepost 8.2: South Orrington chemical plant originating or terminating 2,000 annual carloads in 1973. [Secretary of Transportation 1974]
Milepost 18.1: Bucksport large paper mill and Penobscot Bay seaport originating or terminating 18,000 annual carloads in 1973. [Secretary of Transportation 1974]
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