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Ride the Sandy River: Visit the Past on America's Largest Two-Foot Gauge Railroad

L. Peter Cornwall

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Description:Maine's Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad is certainly one of the most intriguing rail systems ever built. Its rails were only two feet wide, yet they provided a unique and personalized service to the people of Franklin County, Maine, for more than 50 years.Constructed in the late 1870's as the Sandy River Railroad, it was consolidated in 1908 with several smaller lines to form the largest two-foot gauge rail network in the country. It reached it's zenith during the next ten years. But by the '30s, the depression, the automobile and the truck had made their impact felt ... and the blow was hard! Sadly, for railfans yet to come, the railroad was not to survive and operations ended in 1935.Fortunately a few young men, with perhaps an unrecognized sense of history, were making journeys "down Maine", shooting snapshots and scribbling notes in those final years. By bits and pieces they recorded the story of the SR & RL. One of these was Peter Cornwall.Here then is an invitation to travel with Pete back to those simpler, early '30s days and join him for a trip or two on Sandy River trains.You'll visit the road in winter as well as summer. Along the way you'll see all the locos, and many of the cars, stations, covered tanks, engine houses, the industries and towns that form the Sandy River story.You'll become very knowledgeable about the Sandy River ....why it was built, where it went and what it did. You'll find it a worthwhile and captivating journey.So come aboard... RIDE THE SANDY RIVER!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ride the Sandy River: Visit the Past on America's Largest Two-Foot Gauge Railroad. To get started finding Ride the Sandy River: Visit the Past on America's Largest Two-Foot Gauge Railroad, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 248

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pacific Fast Mail

Release: 1973

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Description: Maine's Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad is certainly one of the most intriguing rail systems ever built. Its rails were only two feet wide, yet they provided a unique and personalized service to the people of Franklin County, Maine, for more than 50 years.Constructed in the late 1870's as the Sandy River Railroad, it was consolidated in 1908 with several smaller lines to form the largest two-foot gauge rail network in the country. It reached it's zenith during the next ten years. But by the '30s, the depression, the automobile and the truck had made their impact felt ... and the blow was hard! Sadly, for railfans yet to come, the railroad was not to survive and operations ended in 1935.Fortunately a few young men, with perhaps an unrecognized sense of history, were making journeys "down Maine", shooting snapshots and scribbling notes in those final years. By bits and pieces they recorded the story of the SR & RL. One of these was Peter Cornwall.Here then is an invitation to travel with Pete back to those simpler, early '30s days and join him for a trip or two on Sandy River trains.You'll visit the road in winter as well as summer. Along the way you'll see all the locos, and many of the cars, stations, covered tanks, engine houses, the industries and towns that form the Sandy River story.You'll become very knowledgeable about the Sandy River ....why it was built, where it went and what it did. You'll find it a worthwhile and captivating journey.So come aboard... RIDE THE SANDY RIVER!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ride the Sandy River: Visit the Past on America's Largest Two-Foot Gauge Railroad. To get started finding Ride the Sandy River: Visit the Past on America's Largest Two-Foot Gauge Railroad, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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