 The operation of the newly independent Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad fell to the city of Belfast, and for the first time, the B&MLRR began running trains under its own name.In the 1950s and 1960s, much of the freight was chicken feed for the area's poultry houses.The railroad dieselised in 1946 and scrapped its last steam locomotive (BML#19) in 1950.