Vintage track vehicles

Pacific 3621, built by Schenectady in 1911, after a disastrous derailment on the Conn, River Division in 1938. Rebuilt and repaired at Billerica Shops, she emerged looking brand new in 1940 and remained on the roster for another 15 years until retired and scrapped in May 1955.

 

This is epic. I love it.

 

Just to be scrapped 15 years later...

 

OUCH!

 

I'd take any one of those chevys from above.

 

Bridgton & Saco River Railroad #2, an 0-4-4T steam locomotive, as seen at Bridgton Junction in Hiram, Maine sometime in the 1890s.

B&SR #2 was constructed in 1882 by the Hinkley Locomotive Works, a firm that was located in Boston, Massachusetts, and was delivered to the B&SR by standard gauge flatcar in the fall of that year. When originally constructed, #2 was designed as a wood burner and had a diamond stack. However it did not last long before being converted to burn coal and the diamond stack being changed to the straight stack shown in the photograph.

After helping to construct the railroad, the locomotive would see regular use hauling both freight and passengers in the formulative years of the railroad. The locomotive had a relatively uneventful working life on the B&SR, however the engine managed to avoid being damaged in the Bridgton engine house fire of 1893, as #2 was out on the line at work at the time. #2 and a leased locomotive from the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad was brought in to assist B&SR #2 until locomotives #1 and #3 were repaired.

In 1907 during the busy years of the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad and after acquiring several more locomotives on the roster, #2 was sold off to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway to become their new #5. The engine would see use on the WW&F right up until 1912 when the locomotive was retired from service and scrapped.

This photograph is a part of our growing collection.