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narrowgaugejoe10

October 17, 2016 10:42AM

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People often view the two footers as toys or amusement park trains, however the prototype was anything but. The longest railroad once had 112 miles of track, and hauled everything from pulp wood, logs, lumber, sawdust, grain, mail, passengers and more. They encountered grades as steep as 6%, and two of the two footers had big 2-6-0's and 2-6-2 tender engines.

And today museums in Maine help depict the old days when the railroads were common carriers.

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NNG: Celebrating 9 years with ya!	michael	October 16, 2016 11:28PM
Re: NNG: Celebrating 9 years with ya!	bcp	October 16, 2016 11:46PM
Re: NNG: Celebrating 9 years with ya!	narrowgaugejoe10	October 17, 2016 10:42AM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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