[1] Tracks of 25-pound steel rails ran five miles from Randolph, Maine (across the Kennebec River from Gardiner) to the veterans home at Togus.
[4] The Randolph terminal included a small, Queen Anne style station and a long set of stairs up to the covered bridge passengers used to reach Gardiner.
[6] Operational experience during the first summer encouraged purchase of two open, arch-roofed excursion cars from Jackson & Sharp to handle the crowds traveling during fair weather.
Portland Company built two lowside gondolas in 1904 and three more in 1907 to help the railroad carry increasing quantities of coal needed to heat the expanding facility.
The railroad settled into a profitable routine of four round trips per day from Randolph to Togus and return with a couple of coal gondolas between the engine and the combination car.