• The Sandy River Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway built to serve the towns of Strong and Phillips in the Sandy River valley upstream of...
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    The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately 112 miles (180 km)...
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    Hiram on the Saco River. B&SR design was based on experience of the Sandy River Railroad. Hinkley Locomotive Works modified their 2 ft (610 mm) gauge Forney...
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  • narrow gauge) Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge) Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge) Wiscasset...
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    was 898 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad, a heritage railroad. The plantation was part of a large tract granted...
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    Kennebec River at Winslow but failed to negotiate a connection with the Sandy River Railroad at Farmington, and therefore never reached Quebec. The WW&F hauled...
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    Sandy River is a 73.3-mile-long (118.0 km) tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds...
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    carding machine, a starch factory and a tannery. The narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad connected Farmington and Phillips in 1879. By 1886, town industries...
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    "Franklin and Megantic Railroad") was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway in northern Maine that branches off from the Sandy River Railroad (SRR) at Strong...
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  • developed the only village, where some trade was conducted. The Sandy River Railroad opened in 1879, transporting freight and tourists between Farmington...
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    Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad for later history of the right-of-way, including use as a rail trail Sandy River Railroad for later history of the rolling...
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  • and Bedford Railroad, the Sandy River Railroad, the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad, the Monson Railroad, the Franklin and Megantic Railroad, and the Kennebec...
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    southern terminus for the narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad (later part of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad), making it a gateway to the Rangeley...
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  • November 20 – Narrow gauge Sandy River Railroad completed to Phillips, Maine. November 22 – The North Pennsylvania Railroad begins operating the Philadelphia...
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    operated by the railroad. The Sandy River Railroad shop at Phillips, Maine was rebuilding 185 older 2 ft (610 mm) gauge logging railroad flat cars into...
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    Boyd County, Kentucky (category Kentucky counties on the Ohio River)
    the county. It invested US$210,000 in bonds of the Lexington & Big Sandy River Railroad Company, with the stipulation that the eastern division of that line...
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    bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The...
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    Sandy River Railroad Forney locomotive 1...
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    had several other notable lines, including the long-lived Ohio River & Western Railroad, the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company (the world's largest...
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    December 1, 1834. Sandy Hook, Maryland, on the north shore of the Potomac, was the end of the line until the B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing opened...
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    railroads and iron ore, as well as the coal-hauling Juniata and Southern Railway, which connected at Marklesburg. Glendale, the terminus of the Sandy...
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    surface and elevated commuter railroads that were built in cities such as New York, Chicago and Boston. These railroads required a small, fast locomotive...
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    The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway, located in Portland, Maine, United States. Operating out of the former...
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    The East River Tunnels are four single-track railroad passenger service tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Pennsylvania Station under 32nd and...
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    of years. The railroad was also significant in determining the course of Sandy's history. Built in 1873, the railroad connected Sandy to Salt Lake City...
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    narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Trains portal Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States Heritage railway Large amusement railways 2 ft and...
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  • connect the Big Sandy River and Guyandotte River. The planned railroad would start at the mouth of Whites Creek on the Big Sandy River in Wayne County...
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  • miles (3 km) into Sandy Hook Bay. Private carriers Langdon Mine Lehigh and Oxford Mining Company Railways portal List of New Jersey railroad junctions List...
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    and abandoned in 1878, and the rails were taken to Maine for the Sandy River Railroad. A new standard gauge branch was built by the B&L in 1885, mostly...
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    adopted a new name: Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. The line reached Phillipsburg, on the east bank of the Delaware River, in 1852. It was extended...
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