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Ride the Sandy River Railroad Video
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Edition Available on DVD
The film starts out in Phillips with engine No.18 heading a daily mixed train on its way to Strong
where engine No. 24 is arriving from the Kingfield line. Numbers 4 and 5 railbuses are seen at
Phillips, including No. 4 on the turntable. No. 5 is seen pulling into Farmington, dwarfed by a Maine
Central locomotive on the adjacent track. Snow Scenes abound, as Forney No. 17 is seen plowing its
way to Strong. No. 18 is on the turntable, while No. 9 departs for Farmington with a combine and
flanger 501. No. 17 is captured arriving from Kingfield. Later, No. 9 is seen close-up being turned by
hand on the turntable and loaded with coal from a flat car on an adjacent track.
Miscellaneous footage includes:
an engineer's view from the cab
mid and end cupola cabooses
a ride over the Phillips and Rangeley covered bridge
numerous yard scenes including a flying switch
passenger views from the rear of the train
numerous scenes of stations and passengers
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Ride the Sandy River Railroad video is the last glimpse of an era long gone. It was
filmed by a group of young rail enthusiasts who were frequenting the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes
Railroad near its end in the 1930’s. This 30-minute B&W silent film is produced from a rarely shown
master film. It includes all original captions. It is superbly reproduced in VHS format and offers us
all a final look at the Sandy River Line, as seen through the eyes of those young men.
The following quotes are taken from reviews of the video…
“The tape includes freight and mixed train operation, and shots made from inside locomotive cabs, on the pilot beam, and from the back platform of a passenger
car. There’s even a sequence shot from a car pacing the train--- daring stuff in 1933! The tape is a good-quality conversion of silent black-and-white film…”
Trains February 1991
“This show was transferred from an already-put-together black & white film collection and contains the original titles and captions as a nice touch. The transfer to video is good. JLB rearranged certain scenes to simulate a ride over the line and smoothed out the original edits, which improves the quality of the presentation.”
Railfan & Railroad May 1990
“It is a much better product than others we have seen on the subject. While black and white, which is to be expected, it is steady, well done and gives one a real flavor of this Maine two foot gauge railroad in the 1920’s and 1930’s.”
Trainline February 1990
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