Rumford Branch

The Rumford Branch is a railroad line in the state of Maine, in the United States. It runs 47 miles (76 km) from Leeds Junction to Rumford, traveling up the Androscoggin River valley, passing through Livermore Falls and terminating at Rumford. The branch comprises the remaining trackage of three earlier branches, all built by predecessors of the Maine Central Railroad in the 19th century. Today, CSX Transportation owns the branch.

The branch comprises the remaining trackage of three earlier branches:

Traffic over the Rangeley branch decreased after adjacent timberlands had been harvested. Summer passenger trains between Oquossoc and Kennebago were replaced in 1933 by a railbus built in the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad shops. The Rangeley branch north of Rumford was abandoned and dismantled following damage in the 1936 flood. The southern end of the Farmington branch from Leeds Junction to Crowley Junction on the Lewiston lower branch was dismantled in 1938. The southern end of the Rangeley branch from Rumford Junction to Canton was dismantled in 1952. The last passenger train to Farmington was in 1957.

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