{"id":29649,"date":"2020-08-19T06:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29649"},"modified":"2020-08-19T06:47:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T10:47:07","slug":"elusive-two-foot-gauge-at-sanders-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/elusive-two-foot-gauge-at-sanders-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Elusive Two Foot Gauge at Sanders Station."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were aware that there was a contemporary two-foot gauge tourist railroad on a portion of the historic Sandy River &amp; Rangeley Lakes\u2014a once extensive line that succumbed during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, on a recent drive around rural western Maine, Kris Sabbatino and I visited Philips, Maine and were delighted to find the small station at Sanders, where two-foot gauge tracks met the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sign on the station read \u2018Trains will run in 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