Winding Brook Farm in Strafford Vermont
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Summer
Conway Scenic Railroad 4266 coming through the Gateway.
My insane love for trains continues…
The Conway Scenic Railroad 4266 (an old EMD F7(A)), Comes through The gateway as it makes its way to the Crawford Station on a hot, late spring day.
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Conway Scenic Railroad 7470 steams into North Conway Station.
The Conway Scenic Railroad 7470 steams into North Conway New Hampshire on a hot summer day.
Steam locomotive #7470 was built by the Grand Trunk Railway Point St. Charles Shops at Montreal, Quebec, in 1921 with serial #22/1500. It is a coal fired switching locomotive with an 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; it has 51” driving wheels and 22” x 26” cylinders. It develops 36,700 lbs of tractive effort.
The weight of the locomotive in working order is 87 tons and the tender weighs 65 tons. The locomotive is equipped with super-heaters. Originally built as Grand Trunk Railway #1795, it soon became Canadian National Railway #7470, Class 0-18-a. It was acquired in 1968 by Dwight Smith, and in 1974 joined the start-up Conway Scenic Railroad as #47. It was renumbered to #7470 in 1989.
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A picture perfect day in East Montpelier Vermont
I thought I would get away from the house Saturday since it was a perfect day.
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Waiting for the next run at the Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway New Hampshire
I love trains and this is my all time happy place.
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