New Ties!

In May, The Trust received a delivery of 1500 new ties to aid in the rehabilitation of the line between Washington Junction and Ellsworth Falls. We would like to thank all those who so generously donated to our Buy-a-Tie program and helped to get this tie program started.

The Railroad also took delivery of three new pieces of rolling stock in May to add to our growing inventory of vintage railroad cars and equipment. Trust Director Arthur Pew of White Bear Lake, Minnesota and Northeast Harbor, Maine has purchased for the DRHPT a 1926 Reading Railroad caboose, a 1965 Thrall 64-foot flat car and a 1914 70-ton hopper ballast car for the Downeast Scenic Railroad. These cars were purchased from the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad and will be given a new life and put in service on the Downeast Scenic Railroad.

The Board and Membership of the Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust, Inc. would like to thank Mr. Pew for his generosity and support of our preservation efforts and of the Downeast Scenic Railroad Project.

Our volunteers have been busy sanding and painting this newly added equipment, while at the same time our track crew has been busy installing ties and making other repairs to the track structure on the the 4 miles of right-of-way from Washington Junction to Ellsworth Falls which is Phase I of the Downeast Scenic Railroad project.