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  • Subject starts with "Railroads"

Northern railroads [videorecording] : Vermont and her neighbors / Vermont ETV

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Discusses the history of railroads in Vermont from the age of steam through the transition to diesel. Includes stories told by railroaders, townspeople and historians

Collection: Video Library

BHS "150 Years of Railroading" exhibit opening

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Opening of "150 Years of Railroading" exhibit at the Bethel Historical Society. Produced by Channel 4 and Wayne Howe.

BHS Program: "The Grand Trunk at Bethel"

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John Davis presents a program, "The Grand Trunk at Bethel," at the April 7, 1983 meeting of the Bethel Historical Society.

Edward Quinn - undated interview

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Edward Quinn discusses his railway museum. Recorded by Charles Horne for a segment on Maine Public Radio.

The Railroad Comes to Bethel

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The Railroad Comes to Bethel by Randall H. Bennett Grand Trunk Railway station at Bethel, circa 1880 Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of remarks made by Society Curator of Collections Randall Bennett on 10 March 2001 at…

Home [2000 series] [videorecording] : the story of Maine / Maine Public Television ; executive producer, Katherine E. Arno ; producers, Tami Kennedy, Bob Libbey, Chris Sweet, Ann Wright

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Contents: A Love for the land -- The Nation's playground -- Trails, rails, and roads -- Power lines

Collection: Video Library

Ride the Sandy River Railroad [videorecording]

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For more than 50 years, Franklin County, Maine, enjoyed the best two foot gauge railroad in the country. The Sandy River Line ran from 1879 until 1935. Fortunately, a group of railroad enthusiasts was frequenting the line near its end, filming and…

Collection: Video Library

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 11, No. 2

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Features: Historical Highlights of Bethel's Mechanic Street by Barbara Herrick Brown -- 1 Reflections on a Half Century by Leslie E. Davis [Part 3] -- 3 A review of The Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt [reviewed by E.M. Quinn] --…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 8, No. 4

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Features: The Bethel Agricultural Fair and Riverside Park by Yvonne B. Nowlin [Part 1] -- 1 A review of They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The Mount Washington Cog Railway and Its History by Donald H. Bray and I Conquered My Mountain: The…

The Bethel Courier, Vol. 7, No. 4

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Features: Life on the Home Front: Bethel During the Civil War by Stanley Russell Howe -- 1 Memories of an Earlier Era: Part III by Marjorie Farwell Cummings -- 7 A review of Life by the Tracks - When Passenger Trains Steamed through the Notch by…