Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Two foot: 610 mm (2 ft) Two foot three inch: ... Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum (operating) Monson Railroad (defunct) Phillips and Rangeley Railroad (defunct)
2.1 Two foot gauge railways. 3 Defunct railroads. 4 Notes. 5 References. 6 Bibliography. ... Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge)
The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately 112 miles (180 km) of track in Franklin County, Maine. The former equipment from the SR&RL continues to operate in the present day on a revived, short segment of the railway in Phillips, Maine.
Operating out of the former Portland Company Marine Complex, the organization was founded in 1993 and continues to operate as of 2024.The collection consists of passenger and freight equipment, as well as artifacts from the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railways that ran in the state of Maine in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad ordered the first 28-foot (8.5 m) cars in 1890 and the subsidiary Eustis Railroad ordered the first 33-foot (10 m) cars in 1903. [7] The Portland Company locomotive built in 1890 was 12.5% heavier than any previous 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive in Maine. [8]
The Sandy River Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway built to serve the towns of Strong and Phillips in the Sandy River valley upstream of Farmington.The Sandy River Railroad was the first narrow gauge common carrier railroad built in the State of Maine.
The Maine 2-foot railroads. A series of 2 ft gauge railroads that existed in the state of Maine, USA from the 1870s to the 1940s. [1] 2-foot gauge railways of Wales and England, including the Ffestiniog Railway. [2] 2-foot gauge railways of South Africa. [3] 2-foot gauge Gilpin Tramway of Colorado, a 2 ft gauge mining railroad that used Shay ...
The Bridgton and Saco River Railroad (B&SR) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in the vicinity of Bridgton and Harrison, Maine. It connected with the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad (later Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division ) from Portland, Maine , to St. Johnsbury, Vermont , near the town of Hiram on the Saco River .