Phillips and Rangeley Railroad

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Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
Locale Maine
Dates of operation 1891 – 1908
Successor line Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Track gauge 2 ft (610 mm)
Length 28 miles
Headquarters Phillips

The Phillips and Rangeley Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge narrow gauge common carrier railroad in the State of Maine. It connected the towns of Phillips and Rangeley and was built to serve the forestry and resort industries of Franklin County. The line was merged into the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad in 1908.

[edit] Locomotives

Number Name Builder Type Date Works number Notes
1 Calvin Putnam Portland Engine Company 1890
2 0-4-4 Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad No. 17
3 George M. Goodwin Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-6-0 tender 1891
Isaac Walton Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-4-4 1893

[edit] References

    • MacDonald, Robert L. (2003). Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1179-X. 
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