Roundhouse: (Satellite)
The Conway Scenic Railroad uses a former Boston & Maine route south of town and a former Maine Central route to the north.
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| Marty Bernard posted Conway Scenic Railway Station, N. Conway, NH February 1975, Bill Howes photo. Marty Bernard shared |
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| Street View, Nov 2016 |
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| Dave Blaze Rail Photography posted The Other Side This depot has been featured on Station Saturday many times because it truly is one of the prettiest and most unique in all of New England. So here again is the former Boston and Maine North Conway Depot long home to the Conway Scenic Railroad and long the heart of the historic north country tourist village. However every other time I've featured it I've photographed the east side of the building from across the park like this: For the first time ever there was momentarily no equipment parked on the west side facing the tracks so here's a nice clean unobstructed view of that side with platform and train order semaphore plainly visible. Per the National Register of Historic Places record from 1979: The principal building in the North Conway Depot and Railroad Yard district is the passenger station, a Victorian eclectic interpretation of Russian provincial architecture. Designed by Nathanial J. Bradlee and constructed in 1874, it is said to have been inspired by the visit to Russia of an official of the Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad. A symmetrical wood-frame and clapboard edifice, the station has a bracketed platform roof (supported by bracketed posts), and twin rectangular towers capped by mansard roof stages with original ornamental iron cresting. Barge-boards, which once decorated the platform roof, are slated for eventual restoration. An unusual convex mansard roof, topped by a rectangular box stage, intersects the main pitched roof of the building. Among the Italian Revival details present are round-arched windows and paired cornice brackets at the end towers. The station is currently painted yellow with white trim. Measuring approximately 30 [9m] by 100 feet [30m], the passenger station originally contained on its first floor a- ticket office, baggage room, rest rooms, and large but separate men's and women's waiting rooms. Two offices were located on the second floor of the end towers. The original black walnut wainscoting and mouldings are intact and illustrate the carpentry skills of the builders. Subjected to few interior changes, the station today houses a railroad history museum, a redesigned ticket office, a gift shop, a snack bar, and rest rooms. A 1914 heating system has recently been removed and pot-bellied iron stoves, the original source of heat, reinstalled. The Portsmouth Great Falls and Conway under lease to the Eastern Railroad became a part of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1890 when it purchased the Eastern. The B&M continued to run scheduled passenger service until 1961, and beginning in 1932 dedicated ski trains were run from Boston as the sport of downhill skiing gained in popularity. To learn more about these trains check out this link: The very last snow train arrived from Boston in February 1972, and on Halloween day of that year the last local freight departed south and the B&M abandoned 22 miles of the branch south to Ossipee. Meanwhile the depot had been saved by a group of local businessmen in 1968 who later purchased the rail yard and the northernmost 7 miles of the branch and founded the Conway Scenic Railroad in 1974. [Please use the "posted" link to access these links.] For some wonderful historic photos check out this link: http://www.nashuacitystation.org/.../north.../gallery/... And these two articles might be worth your time as well: https://rrmodelcraftsman.com/north-conway-new-hampshire.../ https://www.unionleader.com/.../article_9a019544-e75b... Conway, New Hampshire Saturday February 15, 2025 |
The roundhouse is on the right in this view. The turntable is behind the tree. Note the steam locomotive peaking out beyond the boxcar on the left.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
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| Conway Scenic Railroad posted On Tuesday May 16, 2023, Conway Scenic Railroad received its two new pieces of rolling stock via interchange with New Hampshire Central at Hazens, near Whitefield, NH. Conway Scenic Railroad CSRX 400019 was acquired in 2022 and has been stored off line for several months. Originally this was a 44-seat Union Pacific Chair Car, no. 5533, later Amtrak 4573, converted to HEP (headend power) as 4615, and was later Ringling Brothers 43004, and converted for use as a crew sleeper. This car was part of Ringling's Red Train set but later acquired by North Carolina DOT for conversion into a 62-seat coach for intrastate services. That conversion never took place. Conway Scenic acquired this car with the intention of using it as a crew car for seasonal employees. The other car is number 1216, a former Amtrak Budd-built baggage car that Conway Scenic plans to convert into a headend power car. CSRR GP9 1751 went to Hazens to collect the new equipment, and brought these cars east via Crawford Notch to North Conway where they arrived about 7:30pm on May 16, 2023. Hazens is located at milepost 101 on the former Maine Central Mountain Division and represents the westward limit of Conway Scenic operations. Here the railroad maintains its only active interchange with the rest of the General System. Photo at the Hazens interchange by Trainmaster Mike Lacey. |
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| 1 of 23 photos posted by Conway Scenic Railroad On Monday May 15, 2023 Conway Scenic Railroad operated its second annual Mountaineer Social demonstration/familiarization train for the benefit of the railroad's employees, friends and special guests. This was the first excursion of the 2023 season to run over Crawford Notch to Fabyan, New Hampshire. It was a beautiful day for a train ride! Thanks to everyone that worked hard to make this special event possible! And thanks to everyone that came out for a spin on Conway Scenic Railroad. Conway Scenic's 2023-season Mountaineer begins regular revenue operation on May 27th and will initially operate Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. J.B. Rail Photog shared |
Conway Scenic Railroad posted three photos with the comment: "Last week, Conway Scenic operated a ballast train on the Mountain Division. This was loaded at the State Yard in North Conway (on the Redstone Branch), and ran west to dump stone on the line west of Fabyan as part of the railroad's on going maintenance program. Photos by Mike Lacey"
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