Where the locomotive was stored, there is no 600 volts/DC power.........so they use a "bugg"..an extension cord..to operate the locomotive to a point on the tracks where there is overhead power. The complete restoration of the locomotive is about 2/3 complete now (see many other clips of the process at my site) and our goal is to have it done in June 2009. Which will be the 60th anniversary of when it last operated in Sanford, Maine,the last town to have electric trolley operations in the state.
Dis your great grandfather leave any Atlantic Shore Line items behind? We are putting together an exhibit that will focus on the ASL and we would be interested in seeing anything you may have..uniform buttons, badge, photos, etc. The Museum also has a an express/postal trolley that operated on the Dover end of the line for many years.....originally it was a PD&Y (Portsmouth, Dover & York)Railway vehicle.
Our Library has no materials that have mention of Wesley Gowen.......we are always on the search for materials that concern any aspects of the Atlantic Shore Line. Sorry I didn't find anything.
The rails aren't electrified......600 volts DC is in the overhead wire.....the rails act as the ground. The electric locomotive was used mostly to switch trains of railroad boxcars from the railroad connections...boxcars full of raw materials were taken to local manufacturing mills and then the boxcars full of their finished goods were returned to the railroad connection........the locomotive also pulled trains of coal to the mills in Sanford from the pier in Cape Porpoise.
What is your great grandfather's name.....we may already have photos or other materials that mention him? There are a couple of books on the ASL and the Rochester Rwy.
Where the locomotive was stored, there is no 600 volts/DC power.........so they use a "bugg"..an extension cord..to operate the locomotive to a point on the tracks where there is overhead power. The complete restoration of the locomotive is about 2/3 complete now (see many other clips of the process at my site) and our goal is to have it done in June 2009. Which will be the 60th anniversary of when it last operated in Sanford, Maine,the last town to have electric trolley operations in the state.
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I'll let you know if we have any info on him.
Dis your great grandfather leave any Atlantic Shore Line items behind? We are putting together an exhibit that will focus on the ASL and we would be interested in seeing anything you may have..uniform buttons, badge, photos, etc. The Museum also has a an express/postal trolley that operated on the Dover end of the line for many years.....originally it was a PD&Y (Portsmouth, Dover & York)Railway vehicle.
Our Library has no materials that have mention of Wesley Gowen.......we are always on the search for materials that concern any aspects of the Atlantic Shore Line. Sorry I didn't find anything.
The rails aren't electrified......600 volts DC is in the overhead wire.....the rails act as the ground.
The electric locomotive was used mostly to switch trains of railroad boxcars from the railroad connections...boxcars full of raw materials were taken to local manufacturing mills and then the boxcars full of their finished goods were returned to the railroad connection........the locomotive also pulled trains of coal to the mills in Sanford from the pier in Cape Porpoise.
What is your great grandfather's name.....we may already have photos or other materials that mention him? There are a couple of books on the ASL and the Rochester Rwy.