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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]
The PGF&C was founded as the Great Falls and Conway Railroad on June 19, 1844, as an extension of the Great Falls and South Berwick Railroad, founded in 1841 and opened in 1854. The two railways were consolidated on December 30, 1848.
A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery and foliage tours. ... Conway Scenic Railroad;
Topo map: USGS Crawford Notch, ... The depot remains a stop on the scenic "Notch Train" of the Conway Scenic Railroad, operated seasonally from North Conway.
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 ...
The station is also the terminus for the Conway Scenic Railroad. Northwest of the station stands a roundhouse, which now houses the Scenic Railroad's rolling stock; it was built around the same time as the station. [2] The yard and depot were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as North Conway Depot and Railroad Yard. [1]
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad; Hocking Valley Scenic Railway; Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island; Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway) [3] Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad; Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway; Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad
Smith was working on founding the Conway Scenic Railroad, which opened in 1974. [2] [5] After purchasing the engine, it was moved to Rigby Yard in South Portland, Maine, in October 1968. [1] After sitting in Portland for three years, it was moved to North Conway, New Hampshire, in 1971, were it went through a three-year restoration. [1]