We all climbed into the engine for a ride to the end of the track on the south end.
At the end of the track, we reversed and went forward to pick up the caboose which Robin and I would be riding on this unique railroad.
The trip back to the switch to get the caboose.
They reversed onto the caboose. I gave Robin the cupola and I stood inside the back door for our trip to the east end of this railroad.
We have travelled all the way to the east end of this railroad.
Our engine at the east end.
This passenger car is on display.
This passenger car is privately owned and does not belong to the railroad.
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad caboose 559 that we rode in on our trip.
The railroad sign out by the public road.
View of our train here at the east end.
The Sanders Mill station built in 1890.
This building houses the railroad's gift shop where I bought a T-shirt to show my support for this group.
The caboose at the station platform.
Two views of the Sandy River.
In this view you can see the granite blocks of the old fort that used to be here. On the way back we stopped to do a photo runby.
The reverse move.
The photo runby on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad.
Wildflowers were in bloom on this trip.
They reversed the train to pick us up and we returned back down the tracks to the roundhouse area.
A railroad crossing sign. Once back we thanked our hosts for having us today on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad then went back to the car but still had a few more photos to take.
Here is another old Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad building.
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes 12 ton switcher 12, nee U.S. Metals 12, built by Brookville in 1981, at the south end of the railroad.
The old Phillips station.
The water tank from 0-4-4T 20 built by Baldwin in 1903 as Eustis Railroad 7 which was wrecked in 1922. It was found near the Phillips roundhouse in 1936.
Farming equipment.
A stand-up steam boiler.
The boiler from Sandy River 0-4-4T 1 or 0-4-4T 2. We started back to New Hampshire but a covered bridge sign made us take a brief detour.
Artist's Covered Bridge over Sandy River built in 1872, north of Bethel, Maine. We drove back to New Hampshire and almost to Intervale where we found another covered bridge.
The Jackson Covered Bridge built in 1876. After that picture, I fell onto a rock and broke my finger; it was just hanging from my hand. I pulled on it to reset it and it worked. It would be sore for a couple of days but I was okay! I drove us to the Perry Motel in Intervale for the night.
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