Downeast Scenic Railroad
| Downeast Scenic Railroad | |
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| Locale | Maine |
| Terminus | Calais |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Calais Branch |
| Built by | Maine Central Railroad |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Preserved operations | |
| Owned by | Track owned by Maine DOT |
| Operated by | Downeast Rail Heritage Trust |
| Reporting mark | DSRX |
| Length | 4 miles (6.4 km) (2010) 10 miles (16 km) (future) |
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Closed to passengers | 1957 |
| Closed | (?) |
| Preservation history | |
| 2005 | Downeast Rail Heritage Trust founded |
| 2010 | Open |
| Headquarters | Ellsworth |
| Website | |
| http://www.downeastscenicrail.org/ | |
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The Downeast Scenic Railroad (reporting mark DSRX) is a heritage railway in Ellsworth, Maine which is owned and operated by the Downeast Rail Heritage Trust, which is a 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in the fall of 2005. The railroad operates over the historic Calais Branch which was once part of the Maine Central Railroad. Operations are out of Washington Junction and runs west towards Brewer. The railroad inaugural run was Saturday, July 24, 2010, with invited guests on board. The first 4 miles (6.4 km) to Ellsworth Falls have been completed, but work continues on the line west of Ellsworth Falls from Ellsworth to Green Lake where the railroad plans to run excursion trains in the near future.
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