. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . North Adams, Mass. T. H. Reardon. It does 1 freight and passenger busi-ness and operates all the year roundthe same as any road. It is controlledlargely by local interests and Mr. J. of Bridgton is president andgeneral manager. I left Portland one morning, and aftera pleasant ride of about one hour thetrain pulled into Bridgton Junction Ihad never seen a 2-ft. gauge road andwas naturally curious to see what onelooked like. As you first get sight ofthe track it looks almost like a to
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . North Adams, Mass. T. H. Reardon. It does 1 freight and passenger busi-ness and operates all the year roundthe same as any road. It is controlledlargely by local interests and Mr. J. of Bridgton is president andgeneral manager. I left Portland one morning, and aftera pleasant ride of about one hour thetrain pulled into Bridgton Junction Ihad never seen a 2-ft. gauge road andwas naturally curious to see what onelooked like. As you first get sight ofthe track it looks almost like a to\it is so narrow. In a few moments awhistle is heard and the train for Bton pulls in. As we started in a fewmoments I was obliged to wan !.■ se<the locomotive till later, hut I lookedover the car carefully. are regular little day coaches builtlike large ones, but narrow and high,looking a little top heavy. They areset on four-wheel trucks and haveseats for one passenger on each lighting is by oil lamps and thecars are heated by stoves. The signal is given, the little engine. Kin .11. - ; \ 1 BRIDG 1 1 track 1 perfect, and thi looks I oad was originally laid n ith 30 II. rails, hut these are beinI laci d with 50 lb . .in-. The gipart of thi ji lU 11 J is through ;■-and the scenery is beautiful. The foli-age is just beginning to turn and thered leaves among the green look likelittle dang. The re an along the way, mostly at saw mills, and the roadcarries a great deal of lumber. In 55minutes the train pulled Bwhen I off. I always make for the round-house or shops, and thatis what I did this time. I soon madeih. acquaintance of Mr. M. M. Caswell,Superintendent of Motive Power andPurchasing \gent of the road. A moreobliging or a plcasantcr gentleman Inever met. and he knows his road likea book and every thing he manajwell done. The motive power consists of fivelocomotives, three of the Forney typeand two of them are 2-4-4s. Xo. Iwas built by the Ilinklev
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