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The Silver Lake Railroad Part 2 6/23/2015



by Chris Guenzler

We continued down this unique line.

















The end of our three mile trip, at which time we started the return journey.





Our photo stop before continuing back to Madison and the station. Exploration of the grounds continued.





Looking north up the platform.





The Boston & Maine Madison station built in 1911 also houses the United States Post Office for this train.





Cranrail Corp DL 8 ton switcher 2, ex. Pine Creek Railroad 2, exx. Edaville Railroad 2, nee Kelly Island Lime 2, built by Plymouth in 1934.





Speeder "Hampton Beach" converted from a Fairmont speeder.





A signal along this railroad.





The Silver Lake Railroad station area.





A Fairmont speeder.





Madison views.





Speeders and Madison freight house built in 1871.





Maine Central speeder 130500.





A speeder track car.





Another speeder.





Silver Lake Railroad switcher.







The Madison freight house.





Railroad signals at the end of the siding.





The 1941 Sterling Diner. We left Madison and drove into Maine where at Gray, we made a wrong turn but were rewarded for doing so.





The Maine Narrow Gauge Museum will be moving to Gray, Maine in 2017.





Spreader 40.





Standard Oil of New York tank car.





Equipment was being stockpiled here.







In Yarmouth, we found the Grand Trunk Railway station built in 1906 then drove to the Best Western Motel in Freeport for the next two nights.



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