Passing Crawfords
Having wrapped up the special 150th anniversary ceremonies at Fabyan the Conway Scenic's Mountaineer train is pn their way back to North Conway as they approach the Crawford Depot which is right behind me hwre at MP 85 on the former Mountain Sub mainline now owned by the state of New Hampshire. They are just about to crest the 1900 ft high point of the line and will descend some 1400 ft on their 26 mile trip to North Conway via the 2.2% grade through the Notch to Bartlett.
Just to the right above the tall stone retaining wall once stood the famed Crawford House Hotel which was built in 1859 and the largest of all the great 19th century New Hampshire resort hotels at the time it was erected. It was just about right here adjacent the Crawford House where the Portland and Ogdensburg held their original completion ceremony on August 7, 1875. The Crawford House outlasted most of the other grand White Mountain hotels of that era, but it ultimately closed in 1975, nearly 120 years after the building was constructed. It was destroyed by a fire two years later, on November 20, 1977, and the property was subsequently acquired by the Appalachian Mountain Club.
CSRR 255 is an EMD GP38 which is right at home here having been built new for the Maine Central in November 1966. She came to Conway Scenic in 2022 after a nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203, having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s. She received this Maine Central style paint job back in June and now matches her sister unit on the roster, number 252.
Crawfords
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday August 2, 2025
Passing Crawfords
Having wrapped up the special 150th anniversary ceremonies at Fabyan the Conway Scenic's Mountaineer train is pn their way back to North Conway as they approach the Crawford Depot which is right behind me hwre at MP 85 on the former Mountain Sub mainline now owned by the state of New Hampshire. They are just about to crest the 1900 ft high point of the line and will descend some 1400 ft on their 26 mile trip to North Conway via the 2.2% grade through the Notch to Bartlett.
Just to the right above the tall stone retaining wall once stood the famed Crawford House Hotel which was built in 1859 and the largest of all the great 19th century New Hampshire resort hotels at the time it was erected. It was just about right here adjacent the Crawford House where the Portland and Ogdensburg held their original completion ceremony on August 7, 1875. The Crawford House outlasted most of the other grand White Mountain hotels of that era, but it ultimately closed in 1975, nearly 120 years after the building was constructed. It was destroyed by a fire two years later, on November 20, 1977, and the property was subsequently acquired by the Appalachian Mountain Club.
CSRR 255 is an EMD GP38 which is right at home here having been built new for the Maine Central in November 1966. She came to Conway Scenic in 2022 after a nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203, having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s. She received this Maine Central style paint job back in June and now matches her sister unit on the roster, number 252.
Crawfords
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday August 2, 2025