At the end of the B&ML's 33 mile grade inland from Belfast the line crosses the Sabasticook River in Burnham, ME, over the road's longest bridge. Just beyond the west end of the bridge the line splits in a wye leading to the B&ML's inland terminus at Burnham Junction where its tracks meet those of the Maine Central's Portland to Bangor main line. For almost 90 years (1871-1960) passengers and mail changed trains here at the station jointly operated by the two roads, and for 135 years rail freight to and from communities throughout Waldo County was passed between the lines on the yard's exchange tracks.This view is looking North from the South end of the yard toward where the former station and freight houses once stood. The B&ML's Waterville Wye can be seen curving off to the right. The MEC's main line from Portland to Bangor is on the left. The station stood in the grassy area near the tree in the center of the image.

Photographed by Bruce C. Cooper (DigitalImageServices.com), July 16, 2005.
Added to the photo archive by Bruce Cooper, August 10, 2005.
Railroad: Belfast & Moosehead Lake.

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