Bridgton & Saco River Railroad
The #7 locomotive from the Bridgton & Saco River RR has recently completed a 14 year restoration.
It will be officially unveiled on May 19, 9:30 to 4:00, at the Maine Narrow Gauge Museum, in Portland.
A recent video of the engine being started up and operating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ou7wTFulAE&feature=youtu.be
A link to the event:
https://www.mainenarrowgauge.org/steam-fest/ o
From Toby Pasman: B&SR 2-4-4T #7 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1913 and weighs 33 1/3 tons. #7 was the first engine to operate for the Edaville in 1941 when she was purchased by Ellis D. Atwood, founder of the Edaville. For those of you who don’t know this, Edaville was named using Mr. Atwood’s initials, EDA. But construction of the Edaville was delayed because of WWII and didn’t start until 1946. The railroad was completed and opened a year later. Since 1947, the Edaville had undergone a total of 5 ownerships. The railroad closed in 1991. Then, the Edaville reopened in 1997. Then, Edaville closed again in 2008. Now, Edaville has been turned into Thomasland USA.