Bangor & Aroostook

[roadrat]

does anyone have a picture or track plan for the Bangor & aroostook's searsport terminal (mack point I believe it was called).



Bill

[jrbarney]

Bill,
Possible starting points are Maptech's collection of historical USGS quadrangle maps:
http://historical.maptech.com/index.cfm
and Terraserver's maps and satellite photography:
http://www.terraserver.com
Hope this helps.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[Anonymous]

If you go to railroad.net there is a montreal maine atlantic discusson group there. They might be of some help Dan

[Anonymous]

If you go to the Eastern Maine Model Railroad club,[:0]the picture on there web page says they are laying track at the entrance to the Searsport yard Dan.[8D]

[G Paine]

Bill

I do not have any details on Searsport, but the line to the port runs along Rt 1A from Prospect tword Stocton Springs. One scene you may want to model is a bridge crossing a stream just north of the Thibodeau Construction yard (which is just outside Prospect). The road crosses a valley over a stream. The the railroad parallels this a couple hundred feet away and crosses on a steel bridge like the Micro Engineering "Tall Steel Viaduct". I always thought this was a nice scene to model. It used to be more visible when I was young, but is now partially hidden by trees.

I do not know where in Maine you are located, but you might consider a road trip to the area. If you want to see the bridge, April is a good time - after the snow but before the leaves on the trees.

George

[train18393]

In the book "BANGOR and AROOSTOOK The Maine Railroad by Jerry Angier and Herb Cleaves, published by FLYING YANKEE ENTERPRISES ISBN 0-9615574-3-5 softbound and ISBN 0-9615574-2-7 hardbound. The book has a copy of the Searsport track plan. There is also a good overhead picture as well as some other pictures. If you can not locate this book I could send you photocopies for the mailing and copying costs. This is 274 pages of the Bangor and Aroostook from their beginning through the mid 80s. It is mostly B & W but is does have several pages of color as well as rosters and track plans of their "major" facilities.

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[roadrat]

I found the book on Amazon.com but it was $57.00,
a little to much for me. I'll check the library for it .

thanks everyone for the tips and what book to look into




bill

[Anonymous]

I stumbled on the intermodel layout at Mack Point...

http://www.maineports.com/images/mackpoint_large_000.gif

BTW Mack Point is the modern name for the Searspoint yard.