Moody (Linwood H.) Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Scrapbooks, 1920-1974

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Summary

Title:
Linwood H. Moody's Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad scrapbooks
Dates:
1920-1974
Abstract:
Scrapbooks prepared by Linwood H. Moody, an agent on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad.
Extent:
.67 Linear Feet 2 half letter sized manuscript boxes
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

These scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, railroad documents, envelopes, tickets, magazine articles, flyers, train orders, postcards and waybills.

These albums were prepared by Linwood H. Moody, a noted Maine railroad historian and agent at Brooks, Maine, on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad.

Album 90 most of the album consists of 3 x 5 color and black-and-white photographs of the B&ML engines, cars, and trains. Album 91 contains newspaper clippings that recount the history of the B&ML. There are clippings about operations in the 1960s and 1970s. Other material includes an employee timetabl, an equipment roster and a financial report. There is an artistic company-prepared map of the railroad. There is a railfan history of the railroad prepared by the Railroad Enthusiasts in conjunction with a 1961 fan trip and another in 1964.

Biographical / historical:

The Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad is a 33-mile standard gauge tourist railroad owned by the City of Belfast, Maine.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Roger Levenson estate, 1994
Arrangement:

Two three-ring binger albums

Physical location:
Big Four Building
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-30 16:28:27 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Library & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
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