#attitash

Snow Train at Attitash

On the last weekend of Snow Train, I traveled on the headend of the first Saturday departure with engineer Wayne Duffett. When we arrived at Attitash, New Hampshire, which is the western terminus of Snow Train, I hopped off Conway Scenic’s GP38 255. Since Conway Scenic doesn’t normally run west of Attitash until much later in the season, the line was still covered with snow beyound the limits…

Sun, Snow and Shadows at Attitash.

Yesterday, I was up early to help prepare for Conway Scenic Railroad’s first Snow Trains of the season. I’d arranged a two-hourly interval schedule, based on a 930am boarding for the first train at North Conway. It was clear and cold with a blue polarized sky. I traveled with the head-end crew on the first two trains, and used the layover at Attitash as an opportunity to make…

I made these views from the head-end of Conway Scenic Railroad’s 1630 Snow Train during the final days of operation last week.

I’d drafted the Snow Train timetable during early planning for the trains and I was keen for them to operate in a timely manner.

All trains were run as ‘extras’ under Conway Scenic Railroad’s tradition rulebook using timetable and train order rules.

Extra trains…

Conway Scenic’s Valley Train makes its station stop at Attitash.

The station is just a flag stop on the Valley run that serves the Attitash Mountain Resort. It has a short platform with benches, railings, a classic enamel metal sign with blue and white letters, and the requisite yellow line.

On Sunday, the Valley Traindropped off seven passengers who had traveled from North Conway via…