Researching the Edaville RR

Ted Miles · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:43 pm

Folks,
I am reaearching the Boston & Maine cars that were at one time at the Edaville Railroad.

Can you suggest a location on the Internet or a book that rosters wooden passenger cars that ran on the B&M?

Apparantly, after the 1993 auction they went to the Cape Cod Railroad. Is there any
information about that tourist railroad?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Ted Miles

Alan Maples · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:01 pm

Ted Miles wrote:

Folks,
I am reaearching the Boston & Maine cars that were at one time at the Edaville Railroad. . . .Apparantly, after the 1993 auction they went to the Cape Cod Railroad. Is there any information about that tourist railroad?

Ted,

This web site, although dated, has some information about the disposition of these cars: http://capecodrails.railfan.net/. Click on "Equipment Rosters"

Alan Maples

Evan · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:19 am

The tram pictured below from Gothenburg Sweden, at the Trolley Museum of New York since 1987, used to be at Edaville. I've never seen a picture of it at Edaville. I'm curious if anyone has any photos of it there.

Stephen Hussar · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:39 pm

Evan, I don't have any pictures but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it there. Seems to me this car was displayed out by the Cranberry Jct. station... Walker Trans Collection (Beverly, MA) may have an image in their archives...

Stephen

o anderson · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:07 am

There were 3 standard gauge passenger cars at Edaville, aside from the Flying Yankee. Two were ex B&M exx DL&W (Boonton style) commuter cars, a coach and a combine. Like other cars of this class, they have open ends and steel construction. The combine wound up on Martha's Vineyard, detrucked, part of a bar. The coach still sits abandoned in Sunapee NH. Not sure if it was purchased to save it or what, but it is in rough condition today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29DLVCUtUC8
The third car was a private car with an observation platform. It was numbered 777 according to one source. I remember it as a steel car, but it may have been steel-clad.

Howard P. · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:32 am

My recollection: The business car at Edaville was a B&M car, named "California" for some reason. It was an early steel car (may have had a standing-seam roof). One side of it was very badly deteriorated, as it was close to a building and water off the roof continually splashed that side of the car.

Howard P.
Hazy Memory, CT

Stephen Hussar · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:13 pm

I've driven by that coach (in the youtube video) many, many times over the years and wondered what its story was. This is the first time the property around the car actually looks abandoned!

Stephen