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The Conway Scenic Railroad was formed by Dwight Smith, who was an employee of the Boston and Maine Railroad in the late 1960s. After years of negotiations, Smith was able to convince his employer to sell a portion of the Conway Branch, which it planned to abandon, to him and two local businessmen in 1974, and the Conway Scenic Railroad began that year. [3]
They therefore avoided scrapping until Maine Central purchased E&NA to remove the lease obligation in 1955. Two locomotives survived; No. 501 is currently under restoration to operating condition at the Conway Scenic Railroad and No. 519 was on display outside at the Steamtown National Historic Site, exposed to the elements. [2] [3]
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad: 20 701-720 To Illinois Central Gulf then Illinois Central Railroad 9520-9539 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: 20 4000-4019 To Seaboard System 6221–6240, then renumbered to 2130–2149, then to CSX: Maine Central Railroad: 13 251-263 252 & 254 To B&M after Guilford merger. 252 & 255 now at Conway Scenic.
Conway Scenic Railroad 216 regularly operates with GP38 252 on the notch train, painted in a Maine Central inspired scheme with Conway Scenic reporting marks. It was built as Norfolk and Western 1328 and was their last GP35 built. It was sold to Springfield Terminal in 1992 and renumbered to 216. It was retired and sold to Conway Scenic in 2011.
5 Locomotive roster. 22 comments Toggle Locomotive roster subsection. 5.1 Restorations. 6 573? 216? 1751? 6 comments ...
Jul. 29—The Flying Yankee train is expected to arrive at the Conway Scenic Railroad in the near future, after ownership of the historic train was officially transferred to the Flying Yankee ...
Boston & Maine 4266 at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, N.H., seen on October 9, 2004. Several F7s are preserved at shortlines, tourist lines, and museums, including: Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway [12] Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad [13] California State Railroad Museum [14] Conway Scenic Railroad [15]
The Flying Yankee is a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the Boston and Maine Railroad by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from Electro-Motive Corporation. It was the third streamliner train in North America. [1] That train ceased passenger service in 1957 and is stored at the Conway Scenic Railroad in New ...