Hey Guys,
I recently bought Peter Barney's B&SR pictorial book and I came across something interesting in the section with the track maps, on page 103. Take a look at the map showing the Hancock Pond Tank siding. You'll see the passing siding but move your eyes northward. The map shows a second sidng there, before the track reaches the road crossing, and a fairly long one, too. I've never seen any photographic evidence of this siding and having hiked along the ROW on the shore of the pond I never noticed any physical evidence of the siding but I guess it's time to go back and take another look. Even though some camps have been built along that section the ROW is still fairly evident.
I wonder, if there was a siding there, what it was used for? There was a siding just a short distance south at the original West Sebago Station site and that would have made a good location for loading most freight items. I wonder if it was used for log loading since it was down hill from the road and would have made good use of gravity. It is a new revelation for me, just when you think there is nothing new to ponder!