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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HUB_the-railroad-station_Conway-NH.html
In 1872 the tracks of the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad were completed to North Conway, and in 1874 the railroad built this magnificent building to serve as their depot and offices. Nathaniel J. Bradlee, a well-known Boston architect, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HRO_caboose-grand-trunk-ry-no-75953_Conway-NH.html
This 23 ton caboose is owned by John Egan of Largo, FL and formerly of Gorham, NH. The car was built about 1915 by Central Vermont Railway in their shops at St. Albans, VT. About 1930 it was transferred to the affiliated Grand Trunk Railway. John …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HRL_ball-signal_Conway-NH.html
This BALL SIGNAL was once located at WAUMBEK JUNCTION, a crossing of the Maine Central R.R. and Boston & Maine R.R. in the Town of Jefferson, New Hampshire. The signal was operated by a member of the train crew. One ball raised to the masthead all…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJ1_roundhouse_Conway-NH.html
Built Ca. 1874 by the Portsmouth, Great Falls, and Conway Railroad. For well over a century this sturdy old building, with its four stalls, has served as a shelter where locomotives can be repaired, serviced and stored. Over the years stalls have …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJ0_maine-central-instruction-car-no-2001_Conway-NH.html
In 1914 the Pullman Company built this all steel car as a 87 seat coach-smoker for the Maine Central Railroad. It started out as Maine Central No. 252, and was later renumbered 209 with seating capacity reduced to 73, with 11 seats in the smoking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIZ_freight-house_Conway-NH.html
This freight house was built about 1872 by the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad. This building became the commercial center of the growing village of North Conway, as box car loads of supplies for the local merchants and farmers were unlo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIY_flanger-cv-4233_Conway-NH.html
This unusual car has two air-operated flanger blades that drop down to remove snow from between the rails. The car is 34 feet long and weighs over 20 tons. The 4233 was built by the Erie Car Works of Erie, Pa. in 1891 for the Central Vermont Railw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIB_water-standpipe_Conway-NH.html
This device, erected in 1978, is used to fill a steam locomotive's tender tank with fresh water. The coal fire in a steam locomotive heats tremendous amounts of water to produce the steam that powers the train. The tender tank in Conway Scenic Rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIA_wig-wag-signal_Conway-NH.html
An approaching train sets this signal in motion, with the red disc swinging back and forth, the red lights flashing in sequence and the ringing of the warning bell. This obsolete machine, one of many similar ones that once guarded rural highways i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI9_crossing-gate_Conway-NH.html
Crossing Gates of this sort once protected busy road crossings throughout the United States. They were usually operated by a full time crossing tender, a man or woman that worked out of a small "crossing shanty" that offered some protection from t…