Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Infobox rail
railroad_name=Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
gauge=RailGauge|24
start_year=1908
end_year=1935
length=112 miles
hq_city=Phillips
locale=Maine
successor=abandoned
The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RLR) was a narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately 112 miles of RailGauge|24 gauge railroad in Franklin County, Maine.
Formation
The SR&RLR was formed by a series of mergers between 1908 and 1911 of a number of existing narrow gauge lines located around Farmington in Franklin County. The lines that formed the SR&RLR were the Sandy River Railroad, the Franklin and Megantic Railway, the Kingfield and Dead River Railroad, the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad, the Madrid Railroad and the Eustis Railroad.
The SR&RLR operated as a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad from 1912 until receivership in 1923. Maine Central built 37 box cars, 37 flat cars, 3 cabooses and a baggage-RPO car in their Portland Terminal Company shops for the SR&RLR between 1912 and 1917. SR&RLR locomotives 15, 16, 17 and 18 were reboilered in the Maine Central Waterville, Maine shops during the same period, and a 4-mile freight branch was built from Perham Junction to Barnjum.
Closure
In the late 1920s competition from roads began to impact the SR&RLR. By 1934 all lines beyond Perham Junction were removed. Train service ended in the summer of 1935. Remaining rails were lifted for scrap metal in 1936.
Revival
In 1970 a group of local railfans at the Phillips Historical Society formed a project to document the SR&RLR. This group eventually formed a separate non-profit organization to preserve remaining equipment from the railroad. The non-profit now operates a short heritage railroad on the trackbed of the original SR&RLR at Phillips.
Locomotives
See also
* Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
References
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External links
* [http://www.srrl-rr.org/ Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad web site]
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