Historic B&SR Passenger Cars

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Bridgton coaches #15 "Pondicherry" and #16 "Mt. Pleasant" were built at the Laconia  Car Company of Laconia New Hampshire in 1882 while the B&SR was still under construction. Once delivered both cars would faithfully serve the B&SR and the B&H and would continue to see service until the end of rail operations in Bridgton. Both cars would be purchased by Ellis D. Atwood and would be used on the Edaville Railroad until operations using the historic two-footer equipment ceased in 1991, both cars found their way back to Maine as part of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum collection. Today #15 continues to operate at MNG in Portland Maine while #16 is stored at the Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna, ME and is used occasionally for charters. 

As Pictured: B&SR coach #16 "Mt. Pleasant" on the WW&F during a B&SR photo charter.

Statistics:

Builder: Laconia Car Company

Date of Construction: 1882

Inside Length: 41 ft.

Total Length: 46 ft.

Inside Width: 5 ft. 8 in.

Total Width: 6 ft. 6 in.

Seats: 28

Heating: Hot Water (#15), Edwards Stove Heater (#16)

Lighting: Oil Lanterns

Originally built in 1894 for the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway by the Jackson & Sharp Company in Wilmington Delaware. The Bridgton & Saco River would acquire the car in 1909 and renumber it to #18. The Car would ultimately be purchased by Ellis D. Atwood at the end of rail operations in Bridgton and went down to the Edaville railroad. B&SR Coach #18 returned to Maine after the closure of Edaville and currently operates at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway at Alna and has been renumbered and re-lettered to its original markings, Wiscasset & Quebec #3

Statistics:  

Builder: Jackson & Sharp Company

Date of Construction: 1894  

Inside Length: 39 ft.  9 in. 

Total Length: 46 ft.

Inside Width: 5 ft. 10 in.  

Total Width: 6 ft. 6 in.  

Seats: 29  

Heating: Hot Water

Lighting: Oil Lanterns