Number 1 was built by Baldwin in 1927, retired in 1949 and scrapped in 1950.
SUNCOOK VALLEY RAILROAD
The Suncook Valley Railroad opened in 1869 and was leased to the Concord RR and B&M. In 1924 it regained independence and survived until 1952. The line was 22.4 miles long from Suncook to Center Barnstead but it also ran into Concord.
Number 1 at Center Barnstead.
Number 1 was the line's only steam locomotive. Center Barnstead June 1939.
Suncook
Boston & Maine A-41f 4-4-0 1025 substituting for Number 1 at Epsom in 1941.
Center Barnstead
Center Barnstead in 1934 by Homer R. Hill.
CHARLES A. BAILEY LUMBER & QUARRY CO.
The Bailey Quarry had 7,000 feet of track at Allentown connecting to the Suncook Valley RR.
The 0-4-0 is an ex-B&M F-9 built by Manchester in 1890 and acquired in 1915.
MOUNT WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY
Opened in 1869, the 3 1/4 mile railway has changed little although diesel locomotives have recently supplanted steam.
A Boston & Maine shuttle train at Base Station.
Postcard mailed from Bretton Woods September 9, 1915.
Base station was connected by the B&M branch from Fabyan.
Boston & Maine Mogul 1481.
Number 3 (second) "Hercules" was built by Manchester in 1874 and scrapped in 1934.
Number 8,"Tip Top", was built by Manchester in 1892. At the Base enginehouse August 27, 1935.
Photo by Hugh G. Boutell
Base Station in 1934
Number 4 (third) "Summit" was built by Manchester in 1883 for a cog railway at Mt. Desert Island.
Photo by the author in 1972.
Base Station photo by Dick Smith c. 1960s.
Number 6 c.1960's
Postcard mailed in 1978. Photo by Dick Smith.
The passing siding c. 1960s by Dick Smith.
Photo by Dick Smith
Photo by Dick Smith
Summit House
CLAREMONT & CONCORD
Best known for the B&M Moguls that powered the line between Concord and Claremont.
Number 31 was built by GE in 1948.
SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY
The Springfield Terminal was a 6 1/2 mile line between Charlestown NH and Springfield VT
that was once electrified. Number 1 is seen on October 19, 1977.