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For less than a month in summer 1961 Steamtown ran on Claremont & Concord rails between Bradford NH and Sunapee Station. The line along the shore of Lake Sunapee was scenic, but week end residents, accustomed to their own use of the right of way were not pleased. It was also soon learned, that Mr. Blount's running style was a bit hard on the track work.

Photographed by Ken Patton, July, 1961.
Added to the photo archive by Ken Patton, April 30, 2018.
Railroad: Claremont Concord.

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That could be me in the cab window! I was a guest fireman with Nelson as my engineer. Sam Pinsley did not control the brush on the ROW and the growth rubbed against the sides of the cars. At one point we had cows on the track and Nelson chased them until the came to a small deck girder bridge where they stopped and we almost hit them. I managed to cook pancakes and hot dogs on the shovel. Clyde, the Master Mechanic, and "Panther Pete" an ex-CV engineer were often in the cab. Fred Richardson was also around.

Posted by Steven Hall on 2018-04-30 12:52:05


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