Maine Central’s Mountain Subdivision Route

MPDescription
0Portland
An interchange with the Boston & Maine and Grand Trunk Railway; operated by Portland Terminal Company.
 
5.4Cumberland Mills
S. D. Warren Paper Mill and a junction with the Boston & Maine Railroad’s Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division; operated by the Portland Terminal Company. Agent’s station closed in 1983.
 
10.8South Windham
Agent’s station closed in 1981.
Customers:
Blue Seal Feeds (major traffic source)
Lumber yard (Gambo Rd area)
Propane depot (Newhall Road)
 
12Newhall
Company town for the Oriental Powder Company. The gunpowder mill closed in 1905 and the agent’s station closed in 1932.
 
13.6White Rock
Agent’s station closed in 1921.
 
16.7Sebago Lake
Connection with Sebago Lake steamboats. Queen Anne style agent’s station was built in 1890 and closed in 1935. Turntable and 2-stall engine house built in 1890.
 
24.6Steep Falls
Privately built depot with a dance hall upstairs dismantled 1961.
Blue Seal Feeds
 
26.4Mattock’s
Agent’s station closed in 1933.
 
31.7Cornish
Agent’s station closed in 1962.
 
33.4West Baldwin
Agent’s station closed in 1930.
VS16 MP27.pdf
36.3Bridgton Junction
An interchange with narrow-gauge Bridgton & Saco River Railroad. Agent’s station closed in 1930.
 
36.8Hiram
The Agent’s station closed in 1949.
 
43.3Brownfield
Agent’s station closed in 1935.
 
49.8Fryeburg Station
The agent’s station closed in 1971.
 
54.3Conway Center, New Hampshire
Agent’s station closed in 1933.
 
?Artist Falls Road
56.9Redstone
A large granite quarry. Agent’s station closed in 1935.
 
?Kearsarge
59.3North Conway
Agent’s station closed in 1952.
White Mountain Fuel & Oil (propane)
Redstone lumber receiver
 
60.80Mountain Junction
61.31Intervale Cross Road
61.36Intervale
Junction with Boston & Maine to Rochester, New Hampshire. The agent’s station closed in 1958.
VS17 MP11.pdf
61.53Route 302 Crossing 
61.64Hill North Vale Lane Crossing 
62.20Hill Farm Private Crossing
62.40Hill Farm Private Crossing
62.67Drew Road Crossing 
62.85Intervale Lane Crossing 
63.29Woodland Pines Road Crossing / Birchlea Loop 
63.44East Branch Saco River Bridge (at Woodland Pines) 
 Beals Pit Private Crossing 
Station Street Level Crossing
64.73Glen & Jackson Station
The agent’s station closed in 1950. (Passing approx. 29 cars)
21:52
Siding 
64.81Ellis River Bridge22:27
64.95Glen Ellis Campground Road Crossing22:40
65.20Howard’s Crossing
65.29Beaverdam Lane Crossing
65.45Sugarwood Drive Crossing24:17
65.55Saco River No. 1 Bridge
2 spans
24:51
65.80Gaudetts’s Crossing25:28
66.20Morton’s Crossing26:52
66.26Percy Lane 
66.58Goves Overhead Bridge (formerly Crawford Notch Road?) (Route 302)28:10
66.94Burbank’s Brook Bridge 
67.20Chandler’s Field Crossing Earles Field Road
67.75River Run Drive Crossing
68.00Attitash Foot Crossing
68.20River Run Drive Crossing
68.30Stoney Brook Bridge 
68.58Garland Ridge Road (Route 302) – Crawford Notch Road – Rogers Crossing
2-3 way DF&B
34:35
68.79Rodger’s Farm Underpass Bridge 
Bridge
68.82Attitash Grand Summit Drive Crossing
69.49Rolling Ridge Road Crossing 
69.50Frenche’s Farm – Farmer Cattle Pass 
 Bartlett Yard Limits 
70.2M702 – Westward Signal 
Farm Crossing (3320+92)[VS17 MP20]
70.44Bartlett Brook Bridge
Mill Brook?
70.51Bartlett Station
X-W-N. Yard & Station.
*‡ǁ▲ Telegraph Office. Parlour & Sleeping Car Tickers Sold. Telephone Office joint with American Express Co. Helper terminal for the westbound grade up through Crawford Notch. Agent’s station closed in 1962, then reopened in 1981 until 1984. Track scale. Yard
[VS17 MP21]
70.58Albany Avenue Crossing
Flagman
 
70.60Foster Street Crossing 
70.62Albany Avenue Crossing 
70.88Portland Road (Route 302) Crossing.
2, 2-Way D.F. (Silent)
 
71.1M711 – Eastward Signal 
 Bartlett Yard Limits[VS17 MP21]
71.40Albany Brook Bridge45:26 [VS17 MP22]
72MP 72
72.10Silver Spring Road
72.18Second Iron Bridge
Saco River No.2 Bridge Bridge No. 72.2
72.28Cobb (Farm) Road Crossing. x.
72.3M723 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP22]
Cobbs Road (State Highway)[VS17 MP23]
72.40Racoon Run Road
Sawyer Rock
73MP 73
73.3M733 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP24]
73.58Third Iron Bridge
Saco River No. 3 Bridge No. 73.6
54:40
74MP 7456:36
74.20US Forest Service Crossing56:56
74.27Fourth Iron Bridge
Sawyer River Bridge
57:35 [VS17 MP25]
74.3M743 – Eastward Signal 
74.4?Portland Road Crossing (Now Closed)58:20
74.79Sawyer’s River Station
*ǁ▲ junction with Sawyer River Railroad. Agent’s station closed in 1921. (Passing approx. 27 cars, another source says 28 cars) 1713′. 1917 – passing siding (a) 1703 feet, siding (b) 1003 feet/
58:35
75.00MP 75[VS17 MP25]
75.3M753 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP26]
75.32Cluvert Bridge1:02:06?
75.5Stahl’s Siding
†§§r No tickets sold. Prepay freight station. Switch connection out the entire year, to be replaced only for special service. 1917 – 914 feet siding. Alternative spelling – Stal’s. A.M. Stahl
Side track for Paradis & Sons Limited Oct 1926?
 
75.51Culvert Bridge1:02:56
 Portland Road Crossing No.2 (Now Closed)1:03:07
75.66Livermore Brook Bridge 
75.68Halfway Brook Bridge1:03:28
76.00MP 761:04:47
76.26Nancy Brook Bridge1:06:04 [VS17 MP26]
76.33Route 302 Overpass1:06:17 [VS17 MP27]
76.5M765 – Eastward Signal 
 Point Indicator1:06:53
76.51Notchland
§§k Prepaid freight station, tickets sold to but not from. Flag-stop (formerly Bemis until 1931). (Passing approx. 17 cars) 1256′. 1917 – 1293 feet passing siding (a), 1135 (b) and 398′ (c) . Morey & Neyes serving Chas Morey mill.
 
76.56Notchland / Portland Road Crossing
2, 2-Way D.F. (Silent)
1:07:19
 Point Indicator1:08:05
77MP 771:09:35 [VS17 MP27]
77.3M773 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP28]
 78 MP
77.90Davis Brook Bridge3:56
78.02Camp Onion Road Crossing4:08
78.13Carrigain
†§. No tickets sold. Carloads only, when for siding charges should be prepaid. Junction with Saco Valley Railroad. The Agent’s station closed in 1898. 1917 – Siding (a) 1623 feet, Passing siding (b) 1092 feet.
4:44
[VS17 MP28]
78.5M785 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP29]
78.84Bemis Brook Bridge7:52
78.90Mount Carrigain Dwelling
Section House. Willey House Post Office. Arethusa Falls Trailhead
8:12
79.00Milepost 798:46 [VS17 MP29]
79.42Frankenstein Trestle
500ft long, 80ft high
10:29 [VS17 MP30]
79.63Culvert Bridge12:27
79.7M797 – Eastward Signal 
8080 MP14:10 [VS17 MP30]
Point Indicator
80.7M807 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP31]
80.77Culvert Bridge15:36
80.60Willey Siding
Passing approx. E. 20 cars 1345′. 1917 – Passing siding (a) 1401 feet
16:22
Point Indicator
 Bridge  
80.82Willey House Dwelling
Built around 1875 as a two-storey section house, flag stop, and telegraph office. It replaced the earlier Avalanche stop nearby and served as both home and workplace for generations of track crews maintaining the line through Crawford Notch.
18:05
80.86Avalanche Brook Bridge
Paved bottom
18:14
80.88Avalanche
80.90Ripley’s Falls Trail / Willey House Falg Stop (from 1878) 
 81 MP18:35
81.09Culvert Bridge19:21
81.203rd July 1927 No. 505 Boiler Explosion20:19
81.39Culvert Bridge (Dry Stream)20:45 [VS17 MP31]
81.5M815 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP32]
81.61Culvert Bridge21:47
81.82Kedron Arch Bridge 81.8
12′ x11′ Stone arch over Kedron Brook
22:45
 82 MP23:28
82.01Culvert Bridge 
82.19Moores Bridge24:25 [VS17 MP32]
82.5M825 – Eastward Signal[VS17 MP33]
82.96Culvert Bridge28:01
 83 MP28:07 [VS17 MP33]
 Culvert Bridge28:53 [VS17 MP34]
83.52Willey Brook Bridge
83.5
30:30
83.54Mount Willard Section House
Foreman’s Dwelling. Ice House, Section House
31:10
83.7M837 – Eastward Signal 
83.9xForeman’s Cottage – Mitchell Dwelling33:14
 84 MP33:19
84.03Culvert Bridge33:30 [VS17 MP34]
 Trolley Run Off 
84.33Mount Willard Bridge
84.4 The Girders
34:52 [VS17 MP35]
84.35Crawford Notch Yard Limit35:20
 The Great Fill35:38
84.6M846 Westward Signal36:04
 The Gateway
Great Cut
36:04
84.7M847 Eastward Signal 
 Saco River 
 Mount Willard Private Road Crossing37:13
 MP 8539:18
85.02Crawford’s Station. X-W-D
*‡▲ Telegraph office, Parlour and sleeping car tickets sold. Joint with American Express Co. Agent’s station closed in 1955 and was sold to the Appalachian Mountain Club. (Passing approx. E. 31-27 cars) 1884′. 1917 – Passing siding (a) 1900′, siding (b) 1692 feet, siding (c) 317 feet.
39:18
85.0M850 Westward Signal
85.1M851 Eastward Signal 
85.12Crawford’s Overline Foot Bridge[VS17 MP35]
85.29Beecher Brook Bridge
8686 MP
86.47Small Brook Bridge
86.67Culvert Bridge
86.77Culvert Bridge
8787 MP
8888 MP
88.27Bretton Woods
F
F
88.79Portland Road Crossing
RX 1-2 Way + 1-3 Way D.F. + Bell w/2 Cantilevers
8989 MP
89.00Ammonoosuc River Bridge
89.03RX Mount Washington Road (Base Station Road) Crossing 
89.09Fabyan’s Station. Junction with the Boston & Maine Railroad and spur to the Mount Washington Cog Railway at Marshfield Station. The Agent’s station closed in 1958. 
89.20Cattle Pass Bridge
Fabyan’s Passing Siding (Passing approx. W. 51 cars)
89.89White Mountain House – Anmonoosuc River Bridge
89.95RX (Old) Cherry Mountain State Road
9090 MP
9191 MP
9292 MP
F
9393 MP
93.63Twin Mountain (Passing approx. 15 cars) 
93.92Portland Road. 2-1 Way D.F. Silem
9494 MP
F
F
F
F
9595 MP
Wood Road G
F
96 96 MP
96.04
F
96.31G
F
9797 MP
97.2Lennon Road Crossing G
97.23Carroll (Passing approx. 29 cars). W 
9898 MP
9999 MP
99.50Quebec Junction, Junction with Maine Central Quebec Division (later Beecher Falls branch) to Lime Ridge, Quebec. X 
100100 MP
100.25Carroll Stream Bridge
100.91RX Jefferson Road – Airport Road
101101 MP
101.05Hazen – Hazens Junction – RX Jefferson Road – Hazen Road
F
102102 MP
F
103103 MP
Yard Limits
103.41Whitefield Diamond Crossing 
103.45Whitefield – Johns River Bridge
103.57Whitefield. Junction with B&M to Berlin. (Passing approx. 12 cars). X 
103.63RX Main Street
103.66RX High Street 2,2-Way D.F. (Silent)
103.70RX Cross Street
103.79RX Otis Street
103.83RX Elm Street APLB
104 104 MP
104.01Cemetery Road Bridge
105105 MP
106106 MP
106.77Scotts, New Hampshire, junction with B&M to Groveton. Agent’s station closed 1931. 
106.84Scotts-Johns River Bridge
107107 MP
108108 MP
108.98Lunenburg Bridge
109109 MP
109.27Lunenburg, Vermont agent’s station closed 1924. (Passing approx. 33 cars) 
110110 MP
111111 MP
111.17Page’s
111.53RX Town Road 2, 3-Way D.F (Silent)
111.54Gilman. Paper Mill. Agent’s station closed 1983. (Passing approx.W.19 cars). D 
112112 MP
113113 MP
113.50Mayo (East Concord) agent’s station closed 1932. 
113.66RX Town Road
114114 MP
115115 MP
116116 MP
116.22Miles Pond
The Agent’s station closed in 1921.
 
117117 MP
118118 MP
118.12Culvert Bridge
119119 MP
119.67RX Town Road
119.67Essex agent’s station closed 1932. (Passing approx. 23 cars). W Section House 
120120 MP
121121 MP
122122 MP
123123 MP
123.23Concord agent’s station closed 1949. D 
124124 MP
125125 MP
126126 MP
127127 MP 
127.01East St. Johnsbury S.H (Section House?). Griswold agent’s station closed in 1932.
127.06RX Town Highway 1, 3-Way and 1, 2 Way
127.13Moose River Bridge
Locust Grove Farm
127.50RX State Highway 2,2 W.D.F (Silent)
128128 MP
Alongside the Moose River
128.33RX State Road 2-2-Way D.F. (Silent)
129.37Blodgetts Bridge
130130 MP
130.25Moose River Bridge
130.29Portland Street 2, 2 Way D.F. (Silent)
130.34RX East Street
130.40RX State Street
130.46RX Ely Street
130.61RX Concord Avenue
130.85RX Elm Street
131131 MP
131.01Passumpsic River Bridge
131.08RX Portland Street HF
131.26St. Johnsbury. X-W-N. interchange with B&M (became Canadian Pacific Railway in 1926) and St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad. 
Train RY-2, led by MEC GE U18Bs #402 and #403 with D&H EMD GP39-2 #7405, departs Portland, Maine, on the Mountain Subdivision in October 1982. The consist includes a 25-ton American Crane Company unit for maintenance-of-way work. © Gordon Smith

Mileage from Portland Me.

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