The two-foot-gauge Bridgton & Harrison (former Bridgton & Saco River) interchanged passengers and freight with the Maine Central in Bridgton Junction, Maine. Compared with a high-mounted MEC 2-8-0, diminutive B&H No. 5 could be confused with an amusement park engine. Dwight A. Smith Jr. photo
This is undoubtedly one of the most famous photographs depicting Maine’s unique 2-foot narrow gauge railroads… It is worh noting that the tiny B&H 2-4-4T #5 was constructed in 1906 by the Portland Company Works of Portland, ME. The engine was the last locomotive the Portland Company ever built. It survived a serious derailment in May 1911 near Perley’s Mills and was scrapped in 1936.
Note that the Maine Central Railroad class W-1 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotive No.510 was entirely built by ALCO at its Schenectady, New York, works in 1912. It was scrapped by 1954.
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