Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads

Author: Robert L. MacDonald
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narrow gauge was expanded by railroad engineers to a three-foot gauge that became the standard track width for narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Maine, however, adopted the two-foot gauge that was developed by George E. Mansfield in Massachusetts. The narrow track width was ideally suited to the mountainous terrain, and the maneuverability of the trains proved highly beneficial to companies and passengers traveling to remote locations. The narrow gauge railroad served Maine for over fifty years until the early 1940s. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads is a comprehensive pictorial record of the history of the narrow gauge railroad in Maine. From the one-hundred-twelve-mile Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad to the five-mile Kennebec Central, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads features the toylike miniature trains of Maine as they appeared at different stages in their history. The Bridgton and Harrison Railroad, the Monson Railroad, and the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway lines are documented within, as well as the current restoration projects that are under way.

The Maine Two-footers

Author: Linwood W. Moody
Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780911581478
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Originally published in 1959 this is the story of the two-foot-gauge railroads of Maine, including the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes, the Monson, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, the Edaville and the Kennebec Central.

The Maine Two-footers

Author: Linwood W. Moody
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Howell-North
ISBN:
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
The story of the two-foot gauge railroads of Maine.

History of Maine Railroads, A

Author: Major Bill Kenny, USAF (Ret.)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467145297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Maine is populated with intriguing characters who set in motion a fascinating, compelling story of railroads and the unique communities they helped to build. One of the first states to build railroads and trolleys in the United States, Maine at one point had more than ninety communities with trolleys. Standard-gauge and "two-footers" crossed the state, including the St. Lawrence & Atlantic and the Bangor & Aroostook. From an international electric trolley to the attempted World War I dynamiting of a railroad bridge between the United States and Canada, the state is home to a rich rail heritage. Join Bill Kenny as he takes you on a journey from the first tracks made of wood to today's high-speed Downeaster Amtrak train.

The Narrow Gauge Railroad in Alna, Maine

Author: F. James Bergmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974769950
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description

Maine Railroads

Author: Edward Everett Chase
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Cumberland & Oxford Canal Collection

Author: Hayden L. V. Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Collection includes photographs (including slides), documents, newspaper clippings, diagrams, sketches and plans, tickets and other ephemera relating to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Cumberland & Oxford Canal, collected by Hayden L. V. Anderson. Also includes two letters from William Maclin, then the principal of the Dennis, Mass., Consolidated School, a close friend of Anderson, both of whom were narrow gauge enthusiasts. The Cumberland & Oxford Canal collection consists of approx. 42 color 35mm slides of canals and railroads in Maine. These images were taken by Anderson in 1970 while researching his book "Canals and Inland Waterways of Maine." The canals include: the Brunswick Canal, Kennebec & Androscoggin Canal, Mousam River Canal, Augusta & Kennebec Canal, Saco Canal, George River Canal, and Telos Canal. It also includes information on the Canal Bank and Canal School. Some of the materials after 1978 may have been added by Anderson's wife, Louise (Ransom) Anderson.

The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Narrow Gauge Railroad

Author: Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description

Maine's Two-Footer Railroads

Author: Mike Torreson
Publisher: Images of Rail
ISBN: 9781467109376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beginning in 1932, Linwood W. Moody (1905-1983) documented in photographs and collected artifacts of Maine's two-footer railroads. A pioneer of railroad photography, his work led to articles in numerous publications such as Railroad Magazine and later culminated in Linwood's 1959 publication The Maine Two-Footers. Among his personal effects at the time of his death in 1983 were hundreds of photographs of three of the Maine two-footers--the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway, the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, and the Monson Railroad. The state of Maine was unique in regards to its narrow-gauge railroads. Most railroads in the United States have a width of four feet, eight and one half inches between the rails, known as standard gauge. Due to the efforts of George Mansfield, a railroad promoter of the late 1800s, a very narrow gauge of two feet between the rails was successfully developed in the state of Maine.

East Branch & Lincoln Railroad

Author: Erin Paul Donovan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467128627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Built by James Everell Henry, the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (EB&L) is considered to be the grandest and largest logging railroad operation ever built in New England. In 1892, the mountain town of Lincoln, New Hampshire, was transformed from a struggling wilderness enclave to a thriving mill town when Henry moved his logging operation from Zealand. He built houses, a company store, sawmills, and a railroad into the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River watershed to harvest virgin spruce. Despite the departure of the last EB&L log train from Lincoln Woods by 1948, the industry's cut-and-run practices forever changed the future of land conservation in the region, prompting legislation like the Weeks Act of 1911 and the Wilderness Act of 1964. Today, nearly every trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness follows or utilizes portions of the old EB&L Railroad bed.