Weekend Excursion Service is now underway! Come ride the train Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm.
For more information check our Schedules-Fares section.
For reservations, please call our ticket agent, Cadillac Mountain Sports, at 207-667-7819.
We are proud to announce that after years of hard work rebuilding the railway, restoring our 1948 diesel engine, vintage passenger car and caboose, we began excursions on July 31st, 2010.
Fully refinished interior of the Downeast Scenic Rail passenger car.
The Downeast Scenic Railroad offers two trips per day on Saturdays and Sundays through the season. Our round-trip tour travels from Ellsworth, Maine, on the historic Calais Branch Line to Ellsworth Falls and then to Washington Junction and back to Ellsworth. The ten-mile trip takes approximately 90 minutes.
It is the first tourist-passenger rail to grace the historic Calais Branch Line in decades.
Our Mission:The Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust was established out of a respect for the past and a vision for the future.
The mission of the Trust is to celebrate and preserve the railroad history of Downeast Maine. Our immediate and primary goal is to develop the Downeast Scenic Railroad for the education, enlightenment and enjoyment of future generations.
Our vintage 1948 work engine rides the rails.
At the core of the Downeast Scenic Railroad Project is the rehabilitation of the Washington Junction/Ellsworth to Green Lake section of the Calais Branch Line to create a 24-mile round- trip excursion ride. This stretch of the Calais Branch Line provides exceptional views of wetland marshes, glacial erratica including massive boulders, river and stream crossings, Little Rocky Pond and Green Lake. While working on this stretch of the line we have observed many forms of wildlife including osprey, Blue herons, Bald Eagles, moose, deer, snapping turtles, beavers…and bears, just west of Green Lake Road!
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