The Franklin & South Manchester Railroad - it's all about the details!

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Tom


Thanks again for all the great historical F&SM pictures - great stuff! Is it just me or does 1987 seem like it was just a few years ago.

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Tom


Thanks again for all the great historical F&SM pictures - great stuff! Is it just me or does 1987 seem like it was just a few years ago.

John,

You are welcome. It has been fun comparing the old to the new. Oh yes, I was thinking November 1987 was just last week. I wish it were 1987.

Tom

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Tom


Thanks again for all the great historical F&SM pictures - great stuff! Is it just me or does 1987 seem like it was just a few years ago.

John,

You are welcome. It has been fun comparing the old to the new. Oh yes, I was thinking November 1987 was just last week. I wish it were 1987.

Tom

Tom


Turning the clock back to 1987 had some appeal, until I realized that I would have to work another 28 years before retirement.

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If you look in the background of the pictures from the last page of this thread you will see this boarded up yard tower.  It is also in the pictures from 1987.  John Sullivan captured this picture of the tower.

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Tom


Thanks again for all the great historical F&SM pictures - great stuff! Is it just me or does 1987 seem like it was just a few years ago.

John,

You are welcome. It has been fun comparing the old to the new. Oh yes, I was thinking November 1987 was just last week. I wish it were 1987.

Tom

Tom


Turning the clock back to 1987 had some appeal, until I realized that I would have to work another 28 years before retirement.

John,



That may be true but when I had 20+ years to go prior to retirement, I was having fun and didn't hurt everywhere. I'd like to go back with my current knowledge and I certainly would spend more time working on the layout.

Tom

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Does anybody know if the Brasco Brass Polish Co. is still on the F&SM? I've looked but maybe I've just missed it.




The side and back walls are from the Magnuson kit, The Grain Exchange.

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Never mind, I found it on page 44. Thanks to John's building list.

The smaller white structure is no long at it's side.

Tom

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Never mind, I found it on page 44. Thanks to John's building list.

The smaller white structure is no long at it's side.

Tom

I'm glad the list is working! Now if I would just keep going back and get it up-to-date.

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Yesterday, I had a long phone conversation with George.  I think I got answers to all the latest questions.  I will be posting answers over the next few days - as requested I will post a short note about the changes being made and the page number of where to find them.

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I recently came across several F&SM pictures. They were all taken in November of 1987.  Bob Bourdreau took the photos. The story I have of the pictures is that my friend, Dick DeWitt (now deceased) purchased these off Ebay in 1988.

This was long before any forums and George Sellios stopped photo taking on the F&SM due to the fact he heard people were selling the photos of the F&SM.

These pictures came to me when Dick passed in 2009.

The pictures sure show a different look to the F&SM we see today. Here are the first two of about 30 I have from 1987.

John gave me permission to post these on his thread.

Thank you Tom , was the bridge a kit , and who from if so?


Notes added 12/11/15 after a phone conversation with George Sellios.  This Bridge was built from an article that appeared in the September 1953 Model Railroader.  George used Central Valley parts for the bridge iron work and the weights and other details are from his own castings.


Who has the September 1953 MR and would be willing to scan and post the article?

Here is what George could remember about this bridge build.  This Bridge was built from an article that appeared in the September 1953 Model Railroader.  George used Central Valley parts for the bridge iron work and the weights and other details are from his own castings.


Who has the September 1953 MR and would be willing to scan and post the article?

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For those that are looking forward to visiting the F&SM at the EXPO - I talked to George Sellios yesterday and he's working on the railroad again!  For those that have visited before - the long curtain that greeted you at the top of the stairs and you followed it through the hall way until you turned the corner and there was Franklin. Well George tells me it's gone.  Replaced with new section of the layout. George told me to let everyone know that he is working hard to finish this area for our visit in March! 


One more comment for John - we call him CUSE - I think your going to like what George is doing in this area.  Just sayin!

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Added note and name to Stones Welding Company on page 47.

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Added name and notes to the Dave Newcomb Building page 43.

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Updated  index 12/11/15.

                       F&SM Railroad - Thread Index
The number on the far left is the page number where the pictures of this structure can be found.

1     The Manchester Lift Bridge     
2     The Colbert Yard Coaling Tower                                           
3     The South Manchester Depot                                                 
4     The Burley Farm                                                                 
5     Blair, Campbell & McLean Inc                                                 
5     The Northfield River Boat House                                                   
6     The Manchester Bus Terminal                                                 
7     Manchester Central Station                                                   
8     Porky's Place                             
9     The Franklin Station                                                             
10   The Mt. Allen Trestle                                                             
10   Mackenzie Milling Company                                                     
10   The Stone Roundhouse                                                           
11   Franklin  "Overview"                                                               
12   Franklin "Maxwell Bicycle Works
12   Franklin "Oandy Bldg"
12   Franklin "Clancy's Bar & Grill"
12   Franklin "Franklin Station Hotel"
12   Franklin "J. Stein Loans Building"
13   Franklin "Grocers Warehouse Corp"
13   Franklin "Ellwood & Co"
13   Franklin "Benny's Gas & Oil"
14   Franklin "Squeak & Wilfred Bldg"
14   Franklin "M. H Vanderlip Laundering Co."
14   Franklin "The J. Winkie Co."
16   Franklin "M. Sibiey & Company"
16   Franklin "Jake Fish Co."
16   Franklin "Hotel Davenport"
16   Franklin "Maranatha Warehouse and Storage Co."
17   Franklin "Kratz Scissors Company"
17   Franklin "The A. C. Gilbert Co. Home of American Flyer Trains"
17   Franklin "McDuff's Salvage"
17   Franklin "The Salvation Army Building".
17   Franklin "Paddock Bar & Grill"
18   Rocky Point Harbor "Light House"
18   Rocky Point Harbor" Cap'in Billy's Bait"
18   Rocky Point Harbor " Emporium Seafood Company"
18   Rocky Point Harbor " Izzy Fish Company"
19   Rocky Point Harbor "Fine Scale Miniatures"
19   Rocky Point Harbor "Cooper's Garage"
19   The Fish Row area of Franklin
20   The Rocks under Winkie's for Randy
20   Franklin "Dixon's The Greatest Show on Earth Building"
20   Franklin "Bertha's Bar and Grill"
20   Franklin "Hammerbaum Boot Corp"
20   Franklin "Fox Run"
20   Franklin "Duff's Coal" "the original"
20   Franklin "Fish Row"
20   Franklin "White & Bagley Company "
20   Franklin "Bernstein's Fish Grotto"
21   Franklin "In the Beginning"
21   Franklin "Rocky Point Depot"
22   Franklin "Samuel C. Jollie & Co. Warehouse & Storage"
22   Franklin "Ebenezer Griswold & Sons"
22   Franklin "The Franklin Gazette"
22   Franklin "Stuffy's Tavern"
22   Franklin "Downtown Garage"
22   Franklin "The Fog Bank Cafe"
22   Franklin "Continental Typerwriter"
22   Franklin "Senour's Floor Paint"
22   Franklin "F.C.Lundquist
23   Franklin "Mulligan's Grocery Store"
23   Franklin "Buddy's Bar"
23   Franklin "Empire Paint Co."
24   Franklin "Franklin Pipe Company"
24   Franklin "Tubby's Cafe"
24   Belverton "The Street Car"
24   Belverton " The Rock Work"
24   Chesterville "Overview"
24   Chesterville " Water Tower"
24   Chesterville "Casey Milling"
24   Chesterville "Hirman Bros. Wholesale Meats"
24   Beaver Meadows "Overview"
25   Beaver Meadows "Cartwrights Milling"
25   Beaver Meadows "The Sawmill"
25   Beaver Meadows "John Allen Engine House"
26   Beaver Meadows "Modified Overview 2014"
26   Beaver Meadows "The Hazen Boyd Company"
26   Beaver Meadows "James Town Waterstop"
26   Beaver Meadows "The Yehudah Heating Company"
26   Wolf Hollar Bridge
27   Avram's Baking Company
27   The Adam's & Westlake Mfg. Co.
27   The Covered Bridge
28   The Mayfield Church
28   The Mayfield Station
28   McClosky's Market
29   Manchester Street Scenes
29   Raymo's vehicles on the F&SM
29   Jerome Marble & Co.
30   Jefferies Point Stave & Headings Co.
30   Jayes' Sanitary Compounds Co.
30   Mayfield Tower
30   Mayfield Loading Dock
30   Stewart & Ashby Coffee Co.
30   Elm Street Missions
30   Howard & Fine Tailors
30   Mayfield Service Station
30   Flag Stop Dinner
30   Aunt Flo's Bar
30   A. & J. H. Stoddort Scrap Dealer
31   Peter Leech & Son
31   Franklin Watchworks
31   Baxter's Building & Supply
31   Elijah Roth & Sons
32   Gargle Oil Company
32   Machkenzie Milling Company
32   Mt. Allen Trestle
32   The Stone Roundhouse
32   Colbert Yard Water Tank
32   Colbert Yard Turntable
33   Colbert Yard Overview
33   Colbert Yard Icehouse
33   Colbert Yard Coaling Tower
33   Colbert Yard Bridge
33   Tenement Buildings
33   Branchline Bucket Coaling Station
35   Kurttroff, Pickhardt & Co.
35   R. W. Herrmann Paint Materials Building
35   Brenner's Men Dress Shoes
35   Elijah Ashworth's
35   Smokey Joe's Cafe
35   Ashby Coffee Co.
35   Colbert Yard Tower
36   Bedford Falls Overview .
36   Bedford Falls box car red structure
37   Allen Deek's Building
38   Bedford Falls Uneeda Biscuit Building
38   Bedford Falls Dutch Laundry Building
38   Bedford Falls Storage Company
38   Oatman's Mercantile Building
38   Chippy Hollow Hardware - W.S.Knot Company
38   Isiah Shalon Company
38   Bedford Falls Tower
39   Brambell's Plumbing
39   Rusty Spike Dinner.
39   Bedford Falls Station
39   Leroy's Grill Hotel Davenport
39   Stuffy's Brewery
40   Sal Manila Egg Wholesalers
40   Stark's Coal
40   Chester W. Rawlings Furniture Company
40   Barter's Garage
40   T. McAVITY & Sons Building
41   Bortel, Harris & Company Roofers
41   Gilmore Gasoline Garage
42   Dover town Overview
42   Marthaville Passanger Platform
42   Highline - Dovertown
42   Brunos' Garage Dovertown
42   Rolin Saywer Chemical Company
42   The Home of Stromboli & Sons Spaghetti & Pasta
42   Johnny Stechinos Taste of Italy Restaurant
43   Dovertown Station
43   Royal Cloake Company
44   Winkie & Basil Cigars
44   Frank & Stein Cosmetics
44   Da Tara Hotel
44   Boss Hardware
44   Dave Newcomb Building
44   Brasso Brass Polish Company
44   Joes Bar & Grill
44   Blair, Campbell, & McLean
45   Y. B. Tardy Corporation
45   Catherine - Ann's Baked Beans
45   Octagonal Tower
45   A. Zol Company
45   Peter Henderson Company
45   Uncle Sam's Coffee
45   Tara E. Gumsy Baby Goods
47   Abbott Heating & Plumbing
47   Charles Cooper Co
47   Dovertown News
47   Dover town Freight Depot
47   Spanky Shoes
47   Stones Welding Company
47   G. Wilikers
47   Pallenberg's
47   The Northfiled River
48   The Northfiled River Bridge
48   Under the Northfiled River Bridge
48   Pile Driver
48   Northfield River 1987 courtesy of Bob Bourdreau, Dick Dewitt, and Tom Langford
49   Original 4x8 F&SM 1986
49   Northfield River Boat House
50   More historical pictures of the Northfield River Area
50   Wolcott Meat Company
51   Construction Site
51   White Rose Baking Company
51   Northfield River Water Tower
51   Northfield River Signal Tower (abandoned)





                                                       

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It appears I need to schedule an EXPO visit around the Boston area and not Lancaster and Scranton.

Sellios and F&SM, Marshall Sommers and Rhode Haven, etc. vs. Scranton and Steam Town, Lancaster and Strasburg!

I need to get my EXPO priorities straight.


Tom