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Viewing Album:  Edaville Railroad 1985 - Two Feet between the rails
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:9/21/1985 - 5/5/2007
Album Info:A haven for Maine 2-foot gage equipment in the interim period between the demise of the original Maine 2-footers and their historic replications. Two locomotives, Edaville #7 and #8 were in steam on the day that I visited with my family.
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Edaville RR #7
Title:  Edaville RR #7
Description:  Originally #7 of the Bridgeton and Saco River Railroad, a former Maine 2-foot gage railroad. Purchased by Ellis D. Atwood for his Edaville Theme park. Eventually repatriated to its home state of Maine. It currently is at the Maine Narrow Gage RR Museum in Portland, where it is being restored to operating condition.
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:39:43 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T)
Views:  1452   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Title:  Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:40:53 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T)
Views:  1762   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Title:  Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Description:  Ex Bridgeton and Saco River; now at the Maine Narrow Gage RR Museum in Portland
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:41:47 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T)
Views:  744   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Title:  Edaville RR #7, a 2-foot gage steam locomotive classified as a 2-4-4RT (rear tank)
Description:  Seen in the left of the photo is FCM #12, a 2-8-0 30" gauge locomotive built in February 1910 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Ferrocarril Mexicano. It was sold to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad in 1992, where it was restored to operating condition. It now runs on the Alder Gulch Shortline in Montana.
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:56:15 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T) FCM 12(2-8-0)
Views:  1396   Comments: 0
Edaville #7 pulls an excursion train around the 5-mile loop, passing cranberry bogs
Title:  Edaville #7 pulls an excursion train around the 5-mile loop, passing cranberry bogs
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:57:52 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T)
Views:  702   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #7 with train in the boarding area
Title:  Edaville RR #7 with train in the boarding area
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:58:58 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 7(2-4-2T)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #8 at the head of an excursion train
Title:  Edaville RR #8 at the head of an excursion train
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 9:04:24 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 8(2-4-2T)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #8 out on the mainline
Title:  Edaville RR #8 out on the mainline
Description:  We were up in the cupola of the caboose for this ride.
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 9:05:35 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 8(2-4-2T)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #8
Title:  Edaville RR #8
Description:  Formerly Bridgeton & Saco River RR ; after the demise of Edaville, it went to the Maine Narrow Gage RR Museum in Portland, where its stored awaiting restoration to operating condition.
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 9:06:18 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 8(2-4-2T)
Views:  1143   Comments: 0
Edaville RR #8, a 2-foot gage 2-4-4RT (rear tank) steam locomotive pulls the excursion train
Title:  Edaville RR #8, a 2-foot gage 2-4-4RT (rear tank) steam locomotive pulls the excursion train
Description:  Edaville #8 was originally on the Bridgeton & Saco River Railroad up in Maine. After Edaville's demise, it went back to its home state. It's currently stored at the Maine Narrow Gage RR Museum in Portland awaiting restoration to operating condition.
Photo Date:  9/21/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 9:07:44 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ERR 8(2-4-2T)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
BM 1455 on static display at the Edaville Railroad
Title:  BM 1455 on static display at the Edaville Railroad
Description:  I'm up in the cab with my daughter Carrie. This nicely-proportioned Mogul left Edaville in the 1990's and was on display at Hyannis, MA for a while. It's currently on static display at the Danbury, CT Railroad museum. For continuity sake, I've included a photo of B&M 1455 at Danbury (see next photo in this album).
Photo Date:  9/22/1985  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 9:20:47 PM
Location:  South Carver, MA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BM 1455(2-6-0)
Views:  1656   Comments: 1
BM 1455
Title:  BM 1455
Description:  22 years after my visit to Edaville, I ran across B&M Mogul #1455 once more - this time at the yard and museum in Danbury, CT.
Photo Date:  5/5/2007  Upload Date: 11/1/2010 9:03:31 PM
Location:  Danbury Yard and Museum, CT
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BM 1455(2-6-0)
Views:  600   Comments: 0

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