Postcard From Maine 46, Double Header
| November 20, 2019 05:38AM |
When a section of WW&F track had to be removed for sub-grade repair work, a horse team was used for the work train.
This photo replicates a 1936 scene when the rails were pulled and the scrap crew used two horses with the very same flatcar, #118.
This photo replicates a 1936 scene when the rails were pulled and the scrap crew used two horses with the very same flatcar, #118.
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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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