"Perham Pit" was the name given to the gravel bank near the bottom end of the Barnjum Branch of the SR&RL, just above Perham Junction. It was an important source of ballast and fill material for the railroad.
Photo from
Two Feet Between the Rails (volume 2, page 61), looking down grade toward Perham Junction with Saddleback Mountain in the distance:
Same location on 10/12/2015:
There's still plenty of ballast available -- if only there were still a railroad to use it on.
-Philip Marshall
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/2016 01:01AM by philip.marshall.