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Plow Train Beneath Elephant’s Head por David Blazejewski Por Flickr: Conway Scenic Railroad’s plow train has battled their way up the mountain with ex Lamoille Valley (originally Central Vermont) Russell snowplow 4211 leading the way and is seen here at MP 85 on the former Maine Central Mountain Subdivision just starting back east to head down the mountain home. Partially visible at left is the little Queen Anne style Crawfords station built in 1891 sixteen years after the opening of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad up through Crawford Notch. Its primary purpose was to serve the Crawford House Hotel that had been built nearby in 1859 (for the second time) and was the largest of all the great 19th century New Hampshire resort hotels at the time it was erected. At 1900 ft Crawfords is the summit of the line and they climbed some 1400 ft in the 25 miles since leaving North Conway on grades of up to 2.2%. Immediately above the lead unit can be seen the famous rock formation known as Elephant Head. CSRR GP38s 255 and 252 providing the horsepower are right at home here having been built in November 1966 for the Maine Central Railroad as part of an order of 13 of the model which were the first batch of second generation diesel locomotives purchased by the road. They both regularly operated here for the first 17 years of their lives until the last thru freight ran in 1983 after Guilford purchased the MEC and shuttered the Mountain Sub. In fact 252 had the ignominious duty of leading the final YR-1 from Saint Johnsbury on September 2, 1983. 255 came to Conway Scenic in 2022 and still wears her Vermont Rail System red paint from her nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203 after having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s. 252 meanwhile was the last one in service on successor Guilford Transportation, lasting more than three decades, and having seen her other dozen siblings retired and scrapped or sold. She came to Conway Scenic in March 2010 along with GP35 216 in a trade with Pan Am Railways for FP9s 6505 and 6516 that would become Pan Am’s OCS power. Crawford Depot Carroll, New Hampshire Monday February 17, 2025

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