I know, this post strays a bit from railroading. But I love this image, and it does have what is obviously (at least to me) a railroad station.

In October of 1940 Jack Delano found himself in Caribou, Maine. This photograph was recorded of a group of potato trucks parked alongside the road, and by a train depot. The notes accompanying the image say that this group of almost 50 trucks was waiting in line outside of a starch factory to be weighed and graded. Some had been waiting for over 24 hours!

The view of the trucks is interesting, but it’s the depot that caught my eye. A bit over a year ago I posted a photograph of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad depot in Caribou. The railroad serving this facility isn’t mentioned. A bit of research revealed that another railroad, the Aroostook Valley, had existed here at this time. This electrified line had both freight and passenger service, and potatoes were it’s largest freight revenue. So is this an A.V. depot, or perhaps an older B.A.R. structure? If any readers know, please comment and solve the mystery.