When i was up in Maine, I went to the North Conway Railroad. it was nice, alot of GP9s l post pictures as soon as i can.
"No childhood should be without a train!"
Bill,
I used to go to Boothbay Harbor Maine every summer, back in the early 70's, when I was a kid.
A few times we stopped at the Conway Scenic RR and always had a good time.
I seem to remember the motive power at that time was a small 44 ton switcher, they had a neat Victorian style station, a cool turntable, and a neat snowplow. I understand the Conway has expanded in every way since I was there.
I gotta get back up there. Nice and cool in the summer, and cheap lobster and clams.
Most of that stuff was there, I also went to boothbay harbor there i went to boothbay railway village, a small narrow gauge 0-4-0 pulled a small train around.
That railroad was there when I was a kid too. Always liked that but it was rinky dink when compared to North Conway.
Glad to here its alls till there.
How was the lobster?
I'm heading up to North Conway, NH this Saturday for 2 weeks of vacation. We always stop by the Conway Scenic. Did you know there is an operating layout there? I'm thinking about buying a set of mangie heavyweights or streamliners and repainting them in Conway Scenic livery.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
I've been going up there since the 1960's Doug. For the most part, everything is the same. The train station is kept up better and the rolling stock has been getting repainted of late. The Cog railway is the exact same. We take the kids for a ride on the Conway Scenic every year. Sometimes I send the Chief a post card from there to show him how pretty New England is compared to Roseyville. He wants to relocate her now!
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