Bridgton and Saco River Railroad

Hinkley Locomotive Works modified their 2 ft (610 mm) gauge Forney design to run boiler first with an extended frame similar to that installed on Sandy River Railroad #1 following a wreck in early 1882.

The successful design of the Bridgton Hinkleys was subsequently repeated for the Monson Railroad and the Franklin and Megantic Railway.

[6][7][8] Under Maine Central operation, there were 4 mixed train round trips daily from Harrison to Bridgton Junction and return.

[16] The rolling stock was preserved when the rails were converted to scrap metal as the United States prepared for World War II.

Members of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum have organized informal tours in the past several years to explore these remains.

Milepost 0: Bridgton Junction - Interchange yard with the Portland and Ogdensburg (later Maine Central Railroad Mountain Division.)

[18] Milepost 4: Fill over the north end of Barker pond with granite masonry abutments for a short timber stringer span on the boundary between Hiram and the town of Sebago.

The main line ran between Hancock Pond and B&SR superintendent Joseph Bennett's lakeside cottage a short distance south of the covered water tank.

[17] Milepost 13: high fill with granite masonry abutments for a short timber stringer span over Willett Brook.

[17] Milepost 15.8: Bridgton - had the largest population of any village served by the Maine 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railroads.

There were 2 storage sidings and 4 spurs serving the agent's station, a separate freight house, a team track, an oil distributor, a grain store, the B&SR shop, and a turntable with a 4-stall enginehouse.

[22] Milepost 19.5: North Bridgton - agent's station with passing siding serving a separate freight house.

[17] Milepost 20.7: Harrison - agent's station with a passing siding and several southbound spurs serving a freight house, a cannery, a grain store, a 2-track car shed, and a turntable with a single-stall enginehouse.

[26] In May 1909 Wilfred became master mechanic of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL).

[27] Wilfred's early recognition of the technical value of photography produced excellent photographic documentation of SR&RL operations through the period of Maine Central Railroad ownership.

Bridgton & Harrison Railway (formerly Bridgton & Saco River Railroad) fan trip departing Bridgton Jct. on June 27th, 1937.
Map of the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad from 1898 to 1930.