New England Railroads

[Anonymous]

I want to build a New England display of the steam locomotive era. What train companies serviced the New England mountain and coastal areas[?]

[Anonymous]

The Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and New Haven immediately come to mind. I think also the Canadian National wasis there too.

[simon1966]

To show how little I know on the subject, when I purchased a Burlington Route S2 switcher a few years back, I thought it was from Bulington VT, and was all excitied about designing a New England RR model complete with mountains. It took me a few weeks to realize my mistake, and now I have a flat lands layout[:D]

[Anonymous]

Thank you Ken for your help

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by simon1966

To show how little I know on the subject, when I purchased a Burlington Route S2 switcher a few years back, I thought it was from Bulington VT, and was all excitied about designing a New England RR model complete with mountains. It took me a few weeks to realize my mistake, and now I have a flat lands layout[:D]

That's a funny mistake! Sounds like the kind of thing I'd probably do! I used to pull freight cars with a PA-1 in Santa Fe warbonnet. In my defence that was in the 1950s and it was all American Flyer S guage.

Cheers,

Ed

[Anonymous]

Also take a look at the Rutland.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

Thank you Simon, I don't want to make any mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Thanks to all my railroading friends

[WilmJunc]

Boston & Albany, Central Vermont, and Bangor & Aroostook also come to mind.

[orsonroy]

Don't forget the New York Central and Delaware & Hudson.

[Anonymous]

If you chose to go even further back in time there were many others choices as well that still fit the "steam era" rule. One very early one that was absorbed by the New Haven but when that was disbanded in the 70's reemerged is the Providence and Worchester(sp?). It still exists running through those two cities.

When I was in college in Prov. in the mid 90's I would go down Harris Ave. and watch their orange and black engines switch cars in the street. Later they were working around the Acelas electrification project. It's not quite steam era but an intersting reminder of it.

[Anonymous]

Also there were all of the Maine coastal narrow gauge lines whose names escape me.