The first train on the former D&H Sanford Lake Branch in over 20 years rolls NB 2 miles out of North Creek with a special inspection train for invited guests of the railroad (there were a few light engine runs earlier in the week). Train consisted of flatcar UHRR 107 and freshly painted caboose SNC 1001. The caboose is in a D&H inspired paint scheme. This line was urgently built during World War II to reach a titanium deposit deep in the Adirondack Mountains at Sanford Lake-Tahawus. For 40 years daily trains of hopper cars hauled ore down this line but in 1989 the line was closed and mothballed following an earlier closure of mining operations. S&NC now offers freight service on this line. The tracks are currently in service to the Barton Mines Garnet Processing Plant just north of North River.
An assortment of photos of the distinctly unique (and 'cute') little locomotive EMD ever built, the BL2! I understand it also makes a tasty sandwich..Oh, that's a BLT! (When a new BL2 photo is "ordered", it will be served fresh!)
