Английская Википедия:Bridgton and Saco River Railroad

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Bridgton & Harrison Railway (formerly Bridgton & Saco River Railroad) fan trip departing Bridgton Jct. on June 27th, 1937.

The Bridgton and Saco River Railroad (B&SR) was a Шаблон:RailGauge narrow gauge railroad that operated in the vicinity of Bridgton and Harrison, Maine. It connected with the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad (later Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division) from Portland, Maine, to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, near the town of Hiram on the Saco River.

History

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Map of the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad from 1898 to 1930.

B&SR design was based on experience of the Sandy River Railroad. Hinkley Locomotive Works modified their Шаблон:RailGauge gauge Forney design to run boiler first with an extended frame similar to that installed on Sandy River Railroad #1 following a wreck in early 1882. The successful design of the Bridgton Hinkleys was subsequently repeated for the Monson Railroad and the Franklin and Megantic Railway. Construction began in 1882, and trains were running to Bridgton by early 1883.Шаблон:Sfnp

B&SR used early profits to replace wooden trestles with earthen fills. A Шаблон:Convert granite masonry arch was constructed over Hancock Brook in 1895.[1] Track was extended to Harrison with 35# steel rails in 1898.Шаблон:Sfnp Trestles on the Harrison extension had been replaced by earthen fills and plate girder bridges by 1906.[2] Original Hinkley locomotives #1-2 were replaced by #5-6 of an improved design with pilot wheels.Шаблон:Sfnp B&SR then replaced the original Шаблон:Convert steel rails from Bridgton Junction to Bridgton with Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert steel rails from 1907 to 1910 before Maine Central Railroad secured control of the B&SR in 1912.[3][4][5]

Under Maine Central operation, there were 4 mixed train round trips daily from Harrison to Bridgton Junction and return. The first left Harrison at 5:15 am and the last returned to Harrison at 8:45 pm. Train speed seldom exceeded Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfnp Two passenger train sets were required for this service. The first consisted of baggage #10, RPO #25, and one or two coaches.Шаблон:Sfnp A couple of bench seats at one end of baggage-RPO #11 provided smoking accommodation for the second train set.Шаблон:Sfnp Freight traffic in 1913 was 18% outbound lumber, 15% outbound pulpwood, 15% inbound coal, 11% outbound apples and canned corn, 11% manufactured goods, 10% feed & grain, 10% express, and 2% inbound petroleum products.[6] Locomotive #8 was the last locomotive built for the Maine Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railways.Шаблон:Sfnp

Bond interest went unpaid in 1926, and the town of Bridgton began a 15-year effort to preserve their railroad. The B&SR was reorganized as the Bridgton and Harrison Railway; but the extension to Harrison was dismantled after locomotive #8 tipped over when the 35# rails sagged in 1930.Шаблон:Sfnp Locomotive #8 was the heaviest locomotive on any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railway in Maine. B&SR became a tourist attraction as the last Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railroad offering passenger service in the late 1930s.Шаблон:Sfnp Operation ceased in September 1941.Шаблон:Sfnp The rolling stock was preserved when the rails were converted to scrap metal as the United States prepared for World War II.Шаблон:Sfnp The rolling stock was moved to Massachusetts for another half-century of operation on the Edaville Railroad after the war. Subsequent to the restructuring of the Edaville Railroad, the historic Bridgton and Saco narrow gauge equipment returned to the state of Maine and are mostly located at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum in Portland.

There are still signs of the B&SR evident in a few places if one searches carefully for them. Members of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum have organized informal tours in the past several years to explore these remains. A new group, the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Museum, was established in 2020 and have plans to build a new railyard in Bridgton for a museum and possible tourist railroad on the original right of way between Sandy Creek and Perleys Mills. More info can be found about this new revival of the Bridgton & Saco River on their website at Bridgtonrailroad.org.

Geography

Шаблон:Infobox rail line Milepost 0: Bridgton Junction - Interchange yard with the Portland and Ogdensburg (later Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division.) Agent's station shared with Maine Central Railroad. B&SR had 6 northbound spurs plus a turntable with a single-stall enginehouse. The freight house spur was dual gauge, and there was a second dual gauge spur for loading and unloading narrow gauge-equipment on standard-gauge cars. There was no runaround track; so southbound B&SR locomotives uncoupled their train on the main line, moved into the yard, threw a turnout, and let their train roll past them into the yard by gravity to avoid being trapped at the end of the spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 0.8: Scribner's - southbound spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 1: granite masonry arch over Hancock Brook.[7]

Milepost 1.2: Small's

Milepost 2.0: Rankin's Mill - small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 2.7: Mullen Siding - northbound spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 3: Summit - highest point on the railroad.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 4: Fill over the north end of Barker pond with granite masonry abutments for a short timber stringer span on the boundary between Hiram and the town of Sebago.[7]

Milepost 4.4: Twin Lake - small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 5.4: Gravel Pit - northbound spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 7: The Notch - a rock cut.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 7.2: West Sebago - southbound spur with small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 7.5: Water Tank Siding - passing siding adjacent to Hancock Pond. The main line ran between Hancock Pond and B&SR superintendent Joseph Bennett's lakeside cottage a short distance south of the covered water tank.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 9.0: Perley's Mills - southbound spur with small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 10.5: Ingall's Road - southbound spur with small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 11.3: Kennett's - southbound spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 12.1: South Bridgton - southbound spur with small flag stop passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 13: high fill with granite masonry abutments for a short timber stringer span over Willett Brook.

Milepost 13.5: Sandy Creek - agent's station with passing siding serving a sawmill.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 15.8: Bridgton - had the largest population of any village served by the Maine Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railroads. The yard was on the stub of a wye with branches to Harrison and Bridgton Junction. There were 2 storage sidings and 4 spurs serving the agent's station, a separate freight house, a team track, an oil distributor, a grain store, the B&SR shop, and a turntable with a 4-stall enginehouse.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 15.9: Farmers Market - two northbound spurs (one was a coal trestle.)Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 16.4: Forest Mills—passing siding with a northbound coal trestle spur.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 19.5: North Bridgton - agent's station with passing siding serving a separate freight house.Шаблон:Sfnp

Milepost 20.7: Harrison - agent's station with a passing siding and several southbound spurs serving a freight house, a cannery, a grain store, a 2-track car shed, and a turntable with a single-stall enginehouse.Шаблон:Sfnp

Master Mechanic Caswell

Bridgton machine shop foreman Millard M. "Mel" Caswell was born in 1850.[8] He took an early interest in mechanical affairs of the proposed railroad and served as master mechanic for the B&SR until he retired in 1926.Шаблон:Sfnp He remained interested in the railroad and frequently attended the railfan excursions of the 1930s.Шаблон:Sfnp His son, Wilfred H. Caswell, was born in 1876 and shared his father's mechanical aptitude. Wilfred Caswell was the engineer assigned to the construction train for the Harrison extension in 1898. Wilfred was the Portland Company mechanical engineer who supervised construction of the first Maine narrow gauge Forney locomotive with a pilot truck (B&SR locomotive number 5) in 1906. Wilfred then served as a consulting engineer for Baldwin Locomotive Works during construction of B&SR locomotive number 6 and an identical locomotive for the Sandy River Railroad.Шаблон:Sfnp In May 1909 Wilfred became master mechanic of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL).Шаблон:Sfnp Wilfred's early recognition of the technical value of photography produced excellent photographic documentation of SR&RL operations through the period of Maine Central Railroad ownership.Шаблон:Sfnp When SR&RL profits declined in 1922, Wilfred and his wife Blanche, who had been the SR&RL book-keeper, moved to Dedham, Massachusetts, where Wilfred worked for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.Шаблон:Sfnp

Locomotives

NumberШаблон:Sfnp BuilderШаблон:Sfnp TypeШаблон:Sfnp DateШаблон:Sfnp Works numberШаблон:Sfnp Notes
1 Hinkley Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 10/1882 1563 Scrapped 1913Шаблон:Sfnp
2 Hinkley Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 10/1882 1564 Sold to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway in 1907Шаблон:Sfnp
3 Portland Company Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 4/1892 624 Sold to the Kennebec Central Railroad in 1922Шаблон:Sfnp
Bo-PeepШаблон:Sfnp Hinkley Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 1877 1261 Temporarily leased from the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad in 1893 while fire-damaged B&SR engines 1 and 3 were repaired.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
4 H. K. Porter, Inc Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 8/1901 2360 Retired 1927Шаблон:Sfnp
5 Portland Company Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 11/1906 628 Retired 1927Шаблон:Sfnp
6 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 9/1907 31827 Retired 1935Шаблон:Sfnp
7 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 12/1913 40864 Sold to Ellis D. Atwood for use at the Edaville Railroad in 1941.
Operable. It operated its first trips during Steam Fest on May 19, 2018, at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. Currently at the WW&F.
8 Baldwin Locomotive Works Шаблон:Whyte Forney locomotive 3/1924 57659 Sold to Ellis D. Atwood for use at the Edaville Railroad in 1941.
Stored. awaiting cosmetic restoration at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. 8 is the largest Maine 2 footer locomotive in existence, heavier then even the 2-6-2's on the SR&RL railroad. Currently stored at the WW&F.
9 Plymouth Locomotive Works 10 ton diesel 1930s bought from the Silver Lake Railroad in New Hampshire 2022, will be rebuilt with a new prime mover and regauged to 2ft gauge

Rolling stock

Number Builder Type Date Length Capacity Notes
10 Laconia Car Company baggage car 1882 Шаблон:Convert no seats renumbered #31Шаблон:Sfnp
11 Jackson & Sharpe baggage-RPO 1900 Шаблон:Convert 6 passengers renumbered #30Шаблон:Sfnp 3-door Baggage/RPO later converted by Edaville to Baggage/Coach, and later again to Coach. Located at Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay ME
15 Laconia Car Company coach 1882 Шаблон:Convert 28 passengers
16 Laconia Car Company coach 1882 Шаблон:Convert 28 passengers
17 Laconia Car Company coach 1904 Шаблон:Convert 28 passengers named "Elthea" on Edaville Railroad
18 Jackson & Sharpe coach 1894 Шаблон:Convert 28 passengers purchased from Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway in 1911.Шаблон:Sfnp leased to WW&F Railway Museum, restored as Wiscasset and Quebec #3
25 Portland Terminal CompanyШаблон:Sfnp RPO-smoking car 1913 Шаблон:Convert 30 passengers

badly damaged in a collision with locomotive #7 in the Bridgton yard about 1927. The larger smoking compartment was rebuilt to carry express with a single baggage door on only one side of the car; and the smaller RPO compartment was rebuilt with a few seats to carry passengers. The car was sold for use as a restaurant in 1935. The appearance of locomotive #7 was permanently changed by replacement of a smaller number plate on the front of the boiler.Шаблон:Sfnp

101 Laconia Car Company caboose 1882 Шаблон:Convert 5 passengers
2-7 Portland Terminal CompanyШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp flat cars 1916 Шаблон:Convert Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Sfnp the largest flat cars on any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railway in Maine.
8-10 Portland Terminal CompanyШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp flat cars 1915 Шаблон:Convert Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Sfnp the largest flat cars on any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railway in Maine.
11-13 Portland Terminal CompanyШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp flat cars 1913 Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp the largest flat cars on any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railway in Maine.
14-21 Portland Company flat cars 1903Шаблон:Sfnp Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp Flat car #21 was fitted with a Шаблон:Convert oil tank for the Standard Oil Company of New York in 1920.[9] The tank was later transferred to flat car #14 when #21 was scrapped.Шаблон:Sfnp[10]
22 Portland Company flat cars 1899 Шаблон:Convert 10 tons[11] fitted with a Шаблон:Convert oil tank for the Standard Oil Company in 1901.[12] Cars #22 and #21/14 were the only Шаблон:RailGauge gauge tank cars in Maine.Шаблон:Sfnp
23 Portland Company flat cars 1899 Шаблон:Convert 10 tons[11] parts used by Edaville to construct open car #202
24-27 Portland Company flat cars 1899 Шаблон:Convert 10 tons[11]
28-33 Portland Company flat cars 1891 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp
34 B&SR flat car 1889 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp Preserved at WW&F
35-44 Laconia Car Company flat cars 1882 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp Flat cars #35, 38, and 41-42 were rebuilt by B&SR to a length of Шаблон:Convert when they required repairs.Шаблон:Sfnp Flat car #40 was rebuilt as a flanger.Шаблон:Sfnp
45-49 Laconia Car Company box cars 1882 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp
50-51 B&SR box cars 1889 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp
52-54 Portland Company box cars 1895 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp car 54 converted by Edaville to excursion car, leased by SR&RL, Phillips, ME
55-58 Portland Company box cars 1898 Шаблон:Convert 10 tonsШаблон:Sfnp Box cars #56-58 had two small hinged doors on either side which could be opened as windows when transporting livestock.Шаблон:Sfnp
59-62 Portland Company box cars 1900 Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp the first Шаблон:Convert freight cars built for any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railroad in Maine.
63-68 Laconia Car Company box cars 1905 Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp
69-70 B&SR box cars 1906 Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp
71-73 Portland Terminal CompanyШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp box cars 1913 Шаблон:Convert 15 tonsШаблон:Sfnp the largest box cars on any Шаблон:RailGauge gauge railway in Maine.Шаблон:Sfnp

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1895 p. 35
  2. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1906 p.56
  3. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1907 p.59
  4. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1909 p. 73
  5. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1910 p. 83
  6. ↑ Railroad Commissioners' Report State of Maine 1913 p. 211
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок meade4 не указан текст
  8. ↑ United States Census 1880
  9. ↑ Jones, Robert C. Two Feet to the Lakes, The Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Pacific Fast Mail 1993 p.90 -- Jones incorrectly associates this tank with car number 22 (fitted with a tank 19 years earlier) and states capacity as Шаблон:Convert (inconsistent with tank dimensions from scale drawings on Jones page 234 and Barney page 91)
  10. ↑ Jones, Robert C. Two Feet to the Lakes, The Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Pacific Fast Mail 1993 pp.223 & 235
  11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 11,2 Jones, Robert C. Two Feet to the Lakes, The Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Pacific Fast Mail 1993 pp.222-223
  12. ↑ Jones, Robert C. Two Feet to the Lakes, The Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Pacific Fast Mail 1993 p.63 -- Jones incorrectly associates this tank with car number 14 (built 2 years after this tank was fitted) and states capacity as Шаблон:Convert (inconsistent with tank dimensions from scale drawings on Jones page 235 and Barney page 91)
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