Andover, about a 90-minute drive. As luck would have it, the
MX was indeed running. After about a half-hour wait, ALCo
RS-3 303, light engine, came through the snow-and-ice-filled
rock cut into “town.”(10) There wasn’t much there – a short
siding into a wood yard, an active but dilapidated wood chip
mill, and a small yard with track that was in very poor condi-
tion. The 303 switched out the chip mill (11) and then headed
a couple of miles to the Andover Sand & Gravel quarry. He
spotted some empties into the pit siding (12-13) and returned
to the yard, where he grabbed three wood chip loads and
quickly departed. We had hoped to talk to the crew to see
what work they might have on the way back to Madrid. We
scrambled around a bit and decided there would be no point
in trying to get him before White Mtn. Jct., as there were no
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16: AGR RS3 303 creeps along at 10 mph at Milepost
4 on the White Mountain Branch.
Journey to Allagash Part 1 - 1
MRH-Jan 2014
