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 out the Bangor wye leading out of Burnham Junction toward the Sabasticook River bridge and the B&ML main line to Belfast. The Waterville wye is seen heading off to the center right 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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