Item 66656 - S.R.R.L. Engine# 7 being righted onto rails, Bigelow, ca. 1916

Item 66656 - S.R.R.L. Engine# 7 being righted onto rails, Bigelow, ca. 1916
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Item 66656
S.R.R.L. Engine# 7 being righted onto rails, Bigelow, ca. 1916
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The Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Engine# 7 left the rails on the Bigelow Extension ca. 1916. Here the crew works at righting it.

In order to stand this 18-ton iron horse back on the rails without a crane, they used only ropes, pulleys, chains, jacks and cribbing.

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