Steam
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Registered: December 2011
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Thu December 22, 2011 7:27pm
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The man in the top photo beside engine #250, is engineer Charlie Ruff.
Charlie worked for the Wolfeboro RR during the Hallock years. He was quite a character. Always had a cigar clamped in his teeth while running the engine. I believe he had been an engineer on the Long Island Railroad in New York for many years before retiring.
I was a volunteer for the Wolfeboro RR from 1973 to the end of the Hallock ownership. I designed their "logo" (The Large W in a circle with an R on each side. I also did the "birds eye" view map on the back of their brochure, and the art for a series of 4 placemats the railroad sold in the gift shop. One of those showed up on the wall of the Poor People's Pub Restaurant in Sanbornville!
We had a great deal of fun while it lasted. I have movies, slides and prints that we took there. It's sad to see it gone, but at least the motorcar club still uses it, and hikers too. I rode one of the cars all the way to Rte. 16 two years ago. First time I'd ridden the line since about 1979.
Most all of the old timers who were there in the 70s have passed on. Only a few of us younger volunteers are still around. I'd be happy to correspond with anyone who wishes to.
Richard Symmes
16 Frankwood Ave.
Beverly, MA 01915 ellis1947@comcast.net
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