Maine Central Railroad Rumford Branch
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The Rumford Branch is a railroad line in Maine that was operated by the Maine Central Railroad.
The Rumford Branch junctions with the mainline at Leeds Junction and continues northwest up the Androscoggin River valley, passing through Livermore Falls, terminating at Rumford.
The branch comprises the remaining trackage of three earlier branches:
- The first 20.1 miles are the former Farmington Branch from Crowley's Junction on the Lewiston Branch through Leeds Junction and Livermore Falls to Wilton and Farmington.
- The next 11 miles are the former Livermore Falls Branch from Canton to Livermore Falls.
- The last 16.1 miles are the former Rangeley Branch from Rumford Junction on the Maine Central Back Road through Canton and Rumford to Kennebago north of Rangeley Lake.[1]
[edit] Route mileposts
Milepost 0: Leeds Junction on the Maine Central Back Road
Milepost 7.3: Leeds Center
Milepost 20.1: Livermore Falls former junction with the Farmington Branch north to the narrow-gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad interchange at Farmington
Milepost 24.8: Riley's large paper mill originating or terminating 17,000 annual carloads in 1973.[2]
Milepost 31.1: Canton former junction with the Rangeley Branch south through Mechanic Falls to Rumford Junction on the Maine Central Back Road near Auburn.
Milepost 47.2: Rumford large paper mill originating or terminating 11,000 annual carloads in 1973.[3]
