Sandy River Railroad
| Locale | Maine |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 1879–1908 |
| Successor | Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad |
| Track gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
| Headquarters | Farmington |
The Sandy River Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway built to serve the towns of Strong and Phillips in the Sandy River valley upstream of Farmington. The Sandy River Railroad was the first narrow gauge common carrier railroad built in the State of Maine.
The railroad was built from Farmington through Strong to Phillips in 1879 using rolling stock of the recently abandoned Billerica and Bedford Railroad. The original Billerica and Bedford equipment consisted of 2 locomotives, 6 flat cars, a baggage car, a coach, a combination car, and 2 box cars rebuilt from open excursion cars. In 1883 the railroad purchased 2 coaches from Laconia Car Company and a third locomotive in anticipation of additional traffic to be generated by the Franklin and Megantic Railroad (F&M) being built from Strong to Kingfield. In 1890 the railroad sold locomotive #2 to the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad (P&R) being built from Phillips to Rangeley, and purchased 2 new locomotives to deal with the additional traffic from that line.
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