Maine's Two-Footer Railroads: The Linwood Moody Collection

Author:   Mike Torreson
Publisher:   Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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9781467109376


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   19 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Maine's Two-Footer Railroads: The Linwood Moody Collection


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Beginning in 1932, Linwood W. Moody (1905-1983) documented in photographs and collected artifacts of Maine's two-footer railroads. A pioneer of railroad photography, his work led to articles in numerous publications such as Railroad Magazine and later culminated in Linwood's 1959 publication The Maine Two-Footers . Among his personal effects at the time of his death in 1983 were hundreds of photographs of three of the Maine two-footers--the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway; the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad; and the Monson Railroad. The state of Maine was unique in regards to its narrow-gauge railroads. Most railroads in the United States have a width of four feet, eight and one half inches between the rails, known as standard gauge. Due to the efforts of George Mansfield, a railroad promoter of the late 1800s, a very narrow gauge of two feet between the rails was successfully developed in the state of Maine.

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Author:   Mike Torreson
Publisher:   Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Imprint:   Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Dimensions:   Width: 16.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781467109376


ISBN 10:   1467109371
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   19 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Michael W. Torreson, a lifelong resident of Iowa, is charter/life member No. 11 of the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum of Alna, Maine. He is also a longtime member of the 470 Railroad Club; the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad at Phillips, Maine; the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum of Portland, Maine; and many other railroad museums around the United States. In 1968, he bought Moody's book, and that purchase sparked a correspondence from that point until Linwood's passing in 1983.

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