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Bad news travels slow ?

They say everything is slower in Maine. The Madison Branch of the Maine Central lived up to that pace with a 5 mph speed limit. With only one customer on the line for years there was no big incentive to fix the track. Especially with the customer being a paper mill. It seems like the right choice as only a couple years after service on the branch stopped the announcement came today the mill will close in May 2016. On a happier day in March of 2005 Springfield Terminal GP-9 # 62, GP-7 # 15 slowly cross the Kennebec River at Norridgewock, ME on their way to Madison.

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Uploaded on March 14, 2016
Taken on March 16, 2015