The train arrived at Crawford Notch.
We all detrained for an hour.
The lake at Crawford Notch.
The rear of the train.
Crawford Notch. Now the engine will run around the train.
First the engine went down the siding to the east switch.
The train during the layover.
The Conway Scenic Railroad railroad emblem on the metal drumhead sheet.
The engine returned to the head of our train.
The train is now ready to head back to North Conway.
Views of the Crawford Notch station.
The train with the P92 milepost sign.
Crawfords spelled out with plants.
As I reboarded the train another view of the ever-changing weather patterns here.
The clouds made for an interesting picture along the Hudson River.
We departed Crawford Notch and headed back to North Conway.
The clouds and the Crawford Notch lake.
The emblem on the nose of the Conway Scenic Railroad GP38 pulling our train.
The train was leaving Crawford Notch lake behind.
The Elephant Rock at Crawford Notch.
The train ran through the Crawford Notch.
The train started the descent down Crawford Notch.
The clouds were still hanging.
The beautiful waterfalls can be seen from the Conway Scenic Railroad Notch Train.
US Highway 303 drops down a steeper grade than the railroad.
The lone tree and the straight Crawford Notch Trestle.
The highway is far below and the clouds are still hanging.
View of the train descending the grade.
About to cross the straight Crawford Notch Trestle.
The 1887 Mt Willard Section House memorial.
The train crossed the straight Crawford Notch Trestle.
A look back at our train.
The train crossed the Frankenstein Trestle. I went back into the coach and rode there for a few miles before returning to the covered open air car.
Maine Central outside braced box car 35059.
Portland Terminal Company wedge snowplow 68 built by Russell in 1923.
The train stopped at Bartlett to wait for the Conway Scenic Railroad Valley train to arrive here.
The Conway Scenic Railroad Valley train arrived and we left town.
The Glen-Jackson Maine Central station. I sat back down and enjoyed the rest of the trip back to North Conway.
The train had returned us to North Conway. A special thank you to the Conway Scenic Railroad for having us today on their Crawford Notch Train.
After we detrained, we would take pictures of what we did not before the trip.
Conway Scenic Railroad GP38 252, nee Maine Central 252 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1966.
Boston & Maine F7A 4268A, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1949.
Maine Central box car 4952 built by the railroad in 1942.
Conway Scenic Railroad coach 2001 built by Pullman in 1914 as 87-seat coach-smoker for 252 for the Maine Central Railroad. It was later re-numbered 209 with seating capacity reduced to 73, with 11 seats in the smoking compartment and 62 non-smoking seats. In 1955 the car was re-numbered 2001 and converted into an Instruction Car that travelled from one end of the Maine Central Railroad to the other. At various yards and terminals employees gathered in the car, now set up as a classroom, to learn the latest in mechanical and operating rules and practices. The car included overnight accommodations for the Rules Examiner, with a kitchen, washroom and bunkroom making his life on the road that much easier. In 1985, after retirement by the Maine Central, the car was sold to Conway Scenic Railroad.
GATX tank car 86254 built in 1964.
Conway Scenic Railroad coach 1058 "Whitehorse Ledge" built by Standard Steel in 1923.
Conway Scenic Railroad coach-trailer 6745, nee Canadian National T7, built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1952 and named "Mount Willard" by this railroad.
Conway Scenic Railroad coach-trailer 6743, nee Canadian National T5, built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1952 and named "Mount Willey" by this railroad.
Conway Scenic Railroad caboose 75955, nee Grand Trunk Western 75955 built by the railroad.
Bangor & Aroostook refrigerator car 7765 built in 1953.
Bangor & Aroostook box car 2573 State of Maine Products built in 1953.
Conway Scenic Railroad ballast hopper car 3810.
Conway Scenic Railroad coach 3202 "Hurricane Mountain", nee Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 302 built by Pullman in 1925. It was converted to "low roof" multiple unit trailer in 1930 and numbered 2202.
Maine Central flanger 1134 built by the railroad in 1914.
Boston & Maine wooden caboose 104391 built by the railroad in 1907 This is the only existing B&M caboose with the narrow cupola and combination steel and wood eight inch wheelbase trucks. It was sold to the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in 1954 and retired in 1968.
Central of Vermont Railroad caboose 4011 built by the railroad in 1910.
Grand Trunk Railroad caboose 75953 built by the Central Vermont Railway circa 1915 and transferred to the affiliated Grand Trunk Railway in 1930. It is owned by John Egan of Largo, Florida and formerly of Gorham, New Hampshire.
Central Vermont flanger 4233 built by Erie Car in 1891.
Conway Scenic Railroad caboose 75955, nee Grand Trunk Western 75955.
Wooden caboose of unknown origin.
Maine Central caboose 621.
Wooden caboose of unknown origin.
The North Conway freight house.
Robin and I were now trying to leave North Conway but were stopped by a train.
Conway Scenic Railroad GP9 573, ex. Springfield Terminal 27, exx. Delaware and Hudson 573, nee Maine Central 573 built by Electro-Motive Division in 1950. We then drove south to Conway.
The Conway Boston & Maine station built in 1871. We next headed south to Madison and our next stop of the trip.
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