anything else that might be running. They informed us that
an MX job (Madrid Extra) had been called for 0800, but they
were unsure where it might be. This job usually went down the
White Mountain Branch out to Andover. The guys told us that
the branch had been embargoed, but was open again with a
petition for abandonment pending. Back in ’78, the Allagash
attempted to spin it off, leasing it to a shortline called Western
Maine. That attempt failed, with the WM lasting less than
a year. AGR had resumed operations, but on an as-needed
basis. Apparently they still hauled chips and pulpwood out of
Andover and White Mtn. Jct., and had recently resumed ship-
ping stone out of the Andover Sand & Gravel quarry. It was a
long shot, but we had nothing else to do, so we headed for
9
9: Under threatening skies, the gravel extra passes
Milepost 7 and the “farmhouse on the hill.”
10
10: AGR RS3 303 emerges from an ice-filled rock cut
and passes the station sign at Andover.
11a
11a-11b: The 303 switches the Andover Wood
Products chip mill.
Journey to Allagash Part 1 - 10
MRH-Jan 2014
