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Eagle Lake Tramway and Abandoned Locomotives

T7 R13 WELS, ME

Deep in the North Maine Woods sit two abandoned steam locomotives and remnants of an elaborate tramway and railroad system once used to move timber between watersheds. Reaching them is a serious backcountry trip involving remote roads, trails, and careful trip planning.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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