Bridgton and Saco River Railroad - Rolling Stock

Rolling Stock

Number Builder Type Date Length Capacity Notes
10 Laconia Car Company baggage car 1882 41 feet (12.50 m) no seats renumbered #31
11 Jackson & Sharpe baggage-RPO 1900 41 feet 9 inches (12.73 m) 6 passengers renumbered #30 3-door Baggage/RPO later converted by Edaville to Baggage/Coach, and later again to Coach. Currently located at Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay ME
15 Laconia Car Company coach 1882 41 feet (12.50 m) 28 passengers
16 Laconia Car Company coach 1882 41 feet (12.50 m) 28 passengers
17 Laconia Car Company coach 1904 42 feet 9 inches (13.03 m) 28 passengers named "Elthea" on Edaville Railroad
18 Jackson & Sharpe coach 1894 39 feet 9 inches (12.12 m) 28 passengers purchased from Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway in 1911. currently leased to WW&F Railway Museum, restored as Wiscasset and Quebec #3
25 Portland Terminal Company RPO-smoking car 1913 42 feet 9 inches (13.03 m) 30 passengers

badly damaged in a collision with locomotive #7 in the Bridgton yard about 1927. The larger smoking compartment was rebuilt to carry express with a single baggage door on only one side of the car; and the smaller RPO compartment was rebuilt with a few seats to carry passengers. The car was sold for use as a restaurant in 1935. The appearance of locomotive #7 was permanently changed by replacement of a smaller number plate on the front of the boiler.
101 Laconia Car Company caboose 1882 26 feet (7.92 m) 5 passengers
2-7 Portland Terminal Company flat cars 1916 34 feet (10.36 m) 15 short tons (13 long tons; 14 t) the largest flat cars on any 2-foot (610 mm) gauge railway in Maine.
8-10 Portland Terminal Company flat cars 1915 34 feet (10.36 m) 15 short tons (13 long tons; 14 t) the largest flat cars on any 2-foot (610 mm) gauge railway in Maine.
11-13 Portland Terminal Company flat cars 1913 34 feet (10.36 m) 15 tons the largest flat cars on any 2-foot (610 mm) gauge railway in Maine.
14-21 Portland Company flat cars 1903 30 feet (9.14 m) 15 tons Flat car #21 was fitted with a 3,000-US-gallon (2,500 imp gal; 11,000 L) oil tank for the Standard Oil Company of New York in 1920. The tank was later transferred to flat car #14 when #21 was scrapped.
22 Portland Company flat cars 1899 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons fitted with a 2,500-US-gallon (2,100 imp gal; 9,500 L) oil tank for the Standard Oil Company in 1901. Cars #22 and #21/14 were the only 2-foot (610 mm) gauge tank cars in Maine.
23 Portland Company flat cars 1899 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons parts used by Edaville to construct open car #202
24-27 Portland Company flat cars 1899 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons
28-33 Portland Company flat cars 1891 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons
34 B&SR flat car 1889 26 feet (7.92 m) 10 tons
35-44 Laconia Car Company flat cars 1882 26 feet (7.92 m) 10 tons Flat cars #35, 38, and 41-42 were rebuilt by B&SR to a length of 28 feet (8.5 m) when they required repairs. Flat car #40 was rebuilt as a flanger.
45-49 Laconia Car Company box cars 1882 26 feet (7.92 m) 10 tons
50-51 B&SR box cars 1889 26 feet (7.92 m) 10 tons
52-54 Portland Company box cars 1895 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons car 54 converted by Edaville to excursion car, currently leased by SR&RL, Phillips, ME
55-58 Portland Company box cars 1898 28 feet (8.53 m) 10 tons Box cars #56-58 had two small hinged doors on either side which could be opened as windows when transporting livestock.
59-62 Portland Company box cars 1900 30 feet (9.14 m) 15 tons the first 30-foot (9.1 m) freight cars built for any 2-foot (610 mm) gauge railroad in Maine.
63-68 Laconia Car Company box cars 1905 30 feet (9.14 m) 15 tons
69-70 B&SR box cars 1906 30 feet (9.14 m) 15 tons
71-73 Portland Terminal Company box cars 1913 34 feet (10.36 m) 15 tons the largest box cars on any 2-foot (610 mm) gauge railway in Maine.

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