The Lochmere Limited: Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad: 10/31/2020 скачать в хорошем качестве

The Lochmere Limited: Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad: 10/31/2020

Program Itinerary: Milepost 37: 0:00 Maiden Lady Cove: 0:29 North of Centenary Avenue: 1:09 Weirs Beach: 1:42 Lakeport Freight Depot: 2:39 Laconia Station: 3:24 Bartlett Beach (taken from WOW Trail): 4:30 US-3 Crossing - across from Winnisquam Depot: 4:45 Lochmere Trestle - end of Plymouth & Lincoln trackage: 5:34 --- Return Trip --- Lochmere Trestle: 6:09 Winnisquam Depot: 7:08 Jewet Brook Bridge: 7:54 Lakeport Drawbridge over Paugus Bay: 8:57 Chattle Cove: 10:07 Weirs Beach: 10:33 Maiden Lady Cove: 12:23 Return to Meredith Station: 13:03 The western shores of Lake Winnipesaukee have carried steel rails from Lakeport to Meredith, tracks of Boston and Maine descent spanning the western banks of Paugus and Meredith Bay. Summers and foliage season sees this stretch used almost daily, the scenic route being one of the best ways to see the Lake without actually being on it. The route typically terminates in Lakeport before a drawbridge, the locals as they’re called would then begin the northbound stretch. But on Halloween day, it was decided through a charter by the Massachusetts Bay Rail Enthusiasts that rather than terminating in Lakeport, they would do an excursion down the entire southern length of Plymouth & Lincoln’s trackage. The excursion would begin like any other, dubbed the Lochmere Limited, it would depart from Meredith lead by 1590, the only blue locomotive P&L roster on the south end, 1012, the Winnipesaukee route regular takes the north. Rolling through the shores of Winnipesaukee, they coast through Weirs Beach and keep making headway, in Lakeport, the northern end of the drawbridge features a runaround track for locals to terminate at without having to use the bridge, but for the first time in a year, the bridge would host an active passenger excursion. Crossing the drawbridge they enter Lakeport yard, now the site of various marinas, this was a pivotal junction on the route, where the B&M White Mountain Division Mainline would split, on the westward side of the lake, the mainline would continue, on the east would be the Lakeport Branch, connecting the route to Dover. A station and small yard once stood here, now all that remains is the freight house and part of the station platform. A stop is made here to tour the freight house, now turned into a museum, in another 2 miles, the crown jewel station awaits in Laconia. One of the few to survive, and one of the few built in New Hampshire with such architectural complexity, another stop is made here to tour the station and surrounding downtown. Carrying on past Laconia, the route hugs the shores of Lake Winnisquam, eventually passing the Winnisquam depot, now a private residence. The tracks carry the chartered special along the lake until disappearing into the trees before entering the Lochmere Trestle. The former Lochmere Station site lies just beyond P&L operating territory, a sign at Silver Lake Road marks the end of trackage rights, with that, 1590 ends her time on the head pin as 1012 takes control of the train, after doing several runbys for passengers aboard the Lochmere Limited, 1012 leads back to Meredith following the same route. For the first time in 11 years, a passenger train would return to Lochmere, the last being the 2009 Massachusetts Bay Rail Enthusiasts’ Capital Limited, with every other excursion riding north to Plymouth. For the first time in 3 years, a passenger train returned to Laconia, a crowd of curious bystanders intrigued by the sight of a train in the station platform with the last one occurring in 2017 during the Laconia Station 125th Anniversary. Enjoy this comprehensive view of New Hampshire railroad history as 1590 and 1012 journey through the normally unexplored tracks of the lakes region!