Boothbay Railway Museum

My first visit to the Boothbay Railway Museum was in 1964. There wasn't much here at that time, but I did find this little 2-foot gauge Henschel 0-4-0T.

8 Oct 1964

I stopped again in the spring of 1965; it was obvious that a lot of work was still ahead. On the left is the former Thorndike station and the Freeport station on the right.

2 May 1965

Restoration underway on the Thorndike station.

2 May 1965

The Freeport station

2 May1965

An overall view of the museum grounds.

2 May 1965

A year later - some steam action at last!

29 May 1966

29 May 1966

By 1967 the grounds were starting to take shape and trains were running.

29 Jul 1967

29 Jul 1967

29 Jul 1967

Twelve years later, things are looking pretty good and trains are still running.

18 Aug 1979

18 Aug 1979