Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR & RLR ) is a former railway company in Maine (United States).
It was founded on 30 January 1908 and took over several smaller railway companies that operated an interconnected network of narrow gauge railways in a gauge of 2 feet (610 mm), starting from Farmington. The following companies were part of the SR & RLR:
In 1912, the SR & RLR built another branch of Perham Junction to Barnjum (about 6 km). The steep route served only to freight.
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In fiscal year 1909/10 the company 14 locomotives, 13 passenger cars, 3 baggage and mail cars, 24 service vehicles and 223 freight cars owned. In addition, 3 locomotives and 25 freight cars of other companies were leased.
The following table contains the data of the locomotives of the SR & RLR:
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The SR & RLR in turn was acquired in August 1911 by the Maine Central Railroad, but rejected for economic reasons in 1923 again. However, the Company could not prevail against the increasing competition on the road. 1932, the total was initially set, but reopened between Farmington and Phillips and between Strong and Carrabassett the following year. The remaining tracks were dismantled in 1934. In June 1935, the entire rest of the route network and the most part of the fleet was sold to a scrap dealer and set the overall operation. The tracks were dismantled by the end of 1936.
1970 decided railway fans in Phillips to rebuild part of the route as a museum operation. From 1985, the name " Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad " was used again. Today a short piece at Phillips on weekends can be ridden again. Is used with gasoline -powered replica of a locomotive 4 of the Sandy River Railroad, and three other diesel- and gasoline-powered locomotives.
In Strong, where the Franklin & Megantic branched off from the Sandy River Railroad, built railway enthusiasts on the former station a short piece of track on which on 29 September 2001, on the occasion of the 200 th anniversary of the town, the locomotive 3 (formerly Monson Railroad ) of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum came into use in Portland.