Island Pond Railroad

What's New Added a new page -- my 50 foot Rock Island Gondola -- Added a new photo essay -- Skull Valley, Arizona - Winter 1978 Added a new story -- After a winter rainstorm. Added a page about the new Rotary Snow Plow. Added a new photo essay on TGVs in France. Read about Hazards and scale railroad safety My tribute to Wayne Wilson - KB7MWF Railroad Rush Hour - Here's a board game I threw together. Enjoy.

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Building a Railroad

Building a Backyard Railroad A Map of the Railroad Clearing the Line Survey After Clearing Tie Tutorial First Snow of 2003/2004 season The snow deepens The Ice Flood The Line Closes -- 1/25/4 Ground Hog Day Winter at Night The Line Reopens! -- 3/14/4 New Years Day -- 1/1/5 Snowbound -- 1/9/5 Snow Scenes -- 2/6/5 Adventures in Bogland -- 2/10/5 Lots of Snow -- 3/15/5 Hurricane Wilma Arrives -- 10/25/5 The Mountain Division -- proposed Granular Snow -- 4/5/6 Removing the Roller Coaster -- 9/1/6 The Gravel Spur and Northern -- 10/6/6 The Ice Storm -- 1/19/7 Winter Scenes -- 1/30/7 A Cold Spring Day -- 3/23/7 The Ice Storm -- 12/11/8 The Loader Spur & Southern -- 6/13/10 Tie Replacement -- 11/1/10 After a Winter Rain -- 3/7/11

Running a Railroad

Plowing the Line Local Freight Autumn Leaf Control -- 10/11/4 Baskin Cutoff Opens -- 7/23/5 Logging Operations - 10/30/5 Riding Cars The Work Train - 3/23/7 Photo Run-bys in the Snow - 4/8/7 Birthday Party - 4/21/7 Rotary Snow Plow - 2/18/11

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Abandoned Railroads

Apache Railway - McNary to Maverick, Arizona Another White Mountain Scenic Railroad photo page Worcester, Nashua, and Portland division of the Boston and Maine RR Between Windham, NH and West Windham, NH, abandoned in 1935 Other Links Burnet Gunfighters 3/6/4 Railroad Rush Hour - the game Dad's 75th Birthday Reunion Can You Dig It? Snow Pictures for Becci Doug's Page Visit a Target store near you. - See Doug at Target. Wilton Scenic Railroad - In memory of Stuart Draper Thanks, Stuart, for the Wilton Scenic Railroad. Visitors