Image: No. 1 at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Portland - October 2022

Description: No. 1 at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Portland BUILT:    1949 BUILDER:   General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY ABOUT:   This (#1) was one of three industrial narrow gauge diesels designed for the very narrow clearances at the Whitin Machine Shop, a manufacturer of knitting and woolen mill machinery. Only 50 inches wide when built (now 84 inches with walkways), these diesels were used to haul dump, flat, and gondola freight cars. They were phased out while still quite new and sold to a Worcester, MA scrap dealer. Two of these units were later sold to the Edaville Railroad. Edaville rebuilt these locomotives, numbered them #1 and #2, and used them to complement their steam-powered collection. Following Edaville's closure, #1 came to Maine Narrow Gauge in 1993, where it has been our primary workhouse since. Diesel #1 works most trains that are not operated by steam. Fun fact: despite its small size, it and its sister units were the largest diesels ever constructed for 2-foot gauge rails in the US! Maine Narrow Gauge Railway, we went on a short ride (first class) on this unique railway. The rails are .61 meters (2 ft) apart, conventional tracks are 1.4351 meters (4 ft 8.5 in).
Title: No. 1 at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Portland - October 2022
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Author: Dennis G. Jarvis
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