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Conway Scenic Railroad | |
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Locale | White Mountains region of New Hampshire |
Connections | New Hampshire Central Railroad |
Commercial operations | |
Built by | Conway Branch: Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad; Mountain Division: Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad |
Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Owned by | Profile Mountain Holdings Corp; Mountain Division right-of-way owned by the State of New Hampshire |
Operated by | Conway Scenic Railroad |
Reporting mark | CSRX |
Length | 51 miles (82 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 1872 |
1875 | Mountain Division is completed and connected |
1890 | Boston and Maine Corporation acquires the Conway Branch |
1972 | Conway Branch abandoned north of Ossipee |
1983 | Crawford Notch regular service ends in September |
1984 | Last Crawford Notch train (October) |
1992 | Mountain Division abandoned east of Whitefield |
Closed | N. Conway Station 1961 |
Preservation history | |
August 4, 1974 | Started |
1994 | Mountain Division operations begin |
Headquarters | North Conway |
Website | |
conwayscenic |
The Conway Scenic Railroad (reporting mark CSRX)[1] is a heritage railroad located in North Conway, New Hampshire, owned by Profile Mountain Holdings Corp. The railroad operates over two historic railway routes: a line from North Conway to Conway that was formerly part of the Conway Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and a line from North Conway through Crawford Notch to Fabyan that was once part of the Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad. The Conway line is owned by Conway Scenic, and the Mountain Division is owned by the State of New Hampshire.
The railroad's main terminal is located in historic downtown North Conway in the Mount Washington valley. The station complex has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.[2]