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Sunset on the Sandy River by Elliot Steward Soft Cover
Sunset on the Sandy River by Elliot Steward
110 Pages Back cover has light marks on the upper left see photos
First edition
Soft cover
Copyright 1993 by Elliot Steward
Published by MIANE 2-FOOT MODELER
Printed by J&K Printing
Introduction by the Author
The narrow gauge has been with me since I was born, I think. My folks used to tell me about putting me in my high-chair to keep me quiet while I watched 'em shift cars on the tracks below the house. Mother said that would keep me quiet for some time! I watched the parade by the old homestead for 17 years, if not in school, or in later years, working in the family store.
When I was a little shaver, I went with the folks to Rangeley for the 4th of July "shindigs", but by the 1930's, the old P&R was pretty much past. My travels on that end were limited to Madrid station, Gray Farm, and Perham Jct. a time or two.
When I finally discovered cameras, I used what I could get my hands on. Never did get to use a "Graflex", or "Speed Graphic" like Lin Moody's. I had given up on my photos/negatives years ago, figuring they weren't the quality that you could get with those other rigs. My best was a 116 or 616 folding Kodak model, the others were strictly box cameras of one kind or another. The results may be apparent in some photos, but it's he best a teen-ager could do!
There are lots of things I wish I had taken pictures of, the family wasn't always as enthused as I, and money was usually in short supply. I do wish I had gotten a photo of the overhead bridge just beyond Johnson Mountain (Salem Road overpass). I used to wait there for the bus to Rangeley for a "toot" on the air horn. I have seen photos taken from the bridge, but none of!
The whistles were all different, if only by a bit, I knew each and every one. I could tell what was coming as far as Howland's, or Wing's crossing below Salmon Hole bridge. Loco #10's was my favorite, Uncle Dana's too. See sounded like CPR steam, a deep, chesty sound. And her whistle - Nathan 5 chime a beauty. Loco's 10,19, 23 and 24 all had Nathan's, sadly I've forgotten 19's and 23's, but 10 and 24 I'll never forget. The loco's were all different as their whistles, and the most unusual was No. 9. She was the only engine I ever saw blow smoke rings - not often but yes she could.
Well, it was a pretty hard lesson in world economics for a young lad, that railroad was permanent to me, but how quickly it went. My Grandfather told me that the railroad would always be there, but now, even the mighty Maine Central is gone, and the only thing left is one young man's memories.
Elliott Steward, Norway, Maine 1992
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