mainegardenrailwaysociety2023

To all at MGRS, I spent some time  hospital recently and while I was there my good wife Marj bought the most recent copy of the Australian Rails In The Garden magazine to look at, always very interesting, but on the last page were some For Sale ads, Locos of course. One of these   was for an Accucraft Decauville 0 4 0 loco Unused, Still In The Box, asking price was very reasonable, soooo using my little Flintstones Vintage mobile phone I contacted the seller and arranged to get the loco, we sent the payment for the loco the day after I got out of hospital, So I have say that I am also a victim of the Dreaded Hobby Pox. Does It Ever Stop ? ? ? Best Wishes from Gary Newton Ballarat Victoria Australia

With thanks to Gary Newton from Australia

The following statement pertains to What Railroad in Maine and name the two towns it referes to. "While much of the right of way went through relatively open country, there had still been a number of difficult challenges for the engineers and construction crews to overcome." "Parts of the line near ? and ?, for instance, would have to literally be "floated" through bog land on unusual double length ties." PS: You can use any source!

The following was copied from Google Search: The first railroad in Maine was th e Calais Railroad incorporated by the state legislature on February 17, 1832. It was built to transport lumber from a mill on the Saint Croix River opposite Milltown, New Brunswick two miles to the tidewater at Calais in 1835. In 1849, the name was changed to the Calais and Baring Railroad and the line was extended four more miles to Baring. In 1870, it became part of the St. Croix & Penobscot Railroad. The second railroad was the Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad & Canal Company incorporated by the legislature on February 18, 1833. It ran eleven miles from Bangor to Oldtown along the west bank of the Penobscot River and opened in November, 1836. In 1854-55, it was extended 1.5 miles across the Penobscot River to Milford and the name was changed to the Bangor, Oldtown & Milford Railroad Company. In 1869, it was absorbed into the European and North American Railway. The third railroad in Mai...

This is a warm up to test your Railroad trivia knowledge or your Google capabilities. The question is. At full throttle how quickly could a GG1 locomotive go from zero to 100 mph? Here are all the Specs Note: The half of the GG1 that contained the steam boiler was designated the "front"