It’s not on most maps, but the Wild River Railroad was a short-lived lumber-hauling line that was ripped up early in the 20th century.
The other day, Kris Sabbatino and I explored a vestige of this railroad, by driving the old right-of-way to the Wild River camp ground.
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I made this photo looking northward toward Hastings and Gilead, Maine using my FujiFilm XT1 with 90mm f2.0 telephoto.
The last train used the line about 118 years ago.
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