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The Silver Lakes Railroad Trip Part 2 6/23/2015



by Chris Guenzler

We continued down this unique railroad.

















This was the end of our three mile trip on the Silver Lake Railroad. We would now head back but stop for photos at one spot.





Our photo stop on the Silver Lake Railroad. After that we returned south to Madison and the station. A special thank you to the Silver Lakes Railroad for having us today. Now we would finish looking around.





View 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.







Views of the Madison freight house.





Railroad signals at the end of the siding.





The 1941 Sterling Diner. We left Madison and headed 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 is being stockpiled here. Our next stop was Yarmouth.







The Yarmounth Grand Trunk station buit in 1906. From here we headed to the Best Western Motel in Freeport for the next two nights.



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