{"id":29655,"date":"2020-08-20T07:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29655"},"modified":"2020-08-20T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:03:19","slug":"hidden-wonders-at-philips-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/hidden-wonders-at-philips-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Wonders at Philips, Maine."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following up on yesterday’s Tracking the Light Post . . . Kris Sabbatino and I had found the tracks of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes two-foot gauge tourist railroad recreation and decided to investigate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A covered bridge once carried tracks over this river at Philips\u2014Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Using the powers of the internet we learned there was more to see than the small station at Sanders; so we drove toward the village of Phililps, Maine and down the appropriate side street. A sign advising hikers and railfans provided the needed clues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes must be one of these Brigadoon Railways that comes to life at infrequent intervals but spends most of the time secluded deep in a forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We met no one. We saw nothing on the move. We took only pictures. And left without a trace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The historic Sandy River & Rangely Lakes gave up the ghost in 1935. This is relic from the original operation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some wee diesel disguised as a Forney. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The original SR&RL roundhouse burned to the ground in 1923 destroy three fine locomotives in the process. This is a recreation. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You just never know what lurks among the trees! Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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