Seashore Trolley Museum - ASL-100 Moves to Shop 9-17-05

Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine acquired the 1906 electric locomotive in 1949. ASL-100 was originally owned and operated by the Atlantic Shore Line Railway for use in southern York County Maine. ASL-100 is now being restored at the Museum Restoration Shop. This project is funded in large part with resources made available through the Maine Department of Transportation via the Federal Transportation Enhance Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21). Matching funds were raised from a variety of sources, including a large number of generous Museum volunteers. Significant donations came from Amherst Railway Society, Kennebunk Savings Bank, National Railway Historical Society, Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, Kennebunkport Business Association, Ocean National Bank, and The 470 Railroad Club. The major local sponsor for the project is the H. Albert Webb Memorial Railroad Preservation Award made available through the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc. (Mass Bay RRE). For more on the project go to www.neerhs.org/ASL100/main.php?page=news

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[ihdavis1]

wesley gowen

[mainetrolleys]

thanks,

I'll let you know if we have any info on him.

[mainetrolleys]

Our Library has no materials that have mention of Wesley Gowen.......we are always on the search for materials that concern any aspects of the Atlantic Shore Line. Sorry I didn't find anything.

[ihdavis1]

i don't believe so, all i know about it is what i've heard from my grand mother (his daughter)

[mainetrolleys]

What is your great grandfather's name.....we may already have photos or other materials that mention him? There are a couple of books on the ASL and the Rochester Rwy.

[DonKarnage1]

they rail where electrify?

also what did that train use for?

[mainetrolleys]

The rails aren't electrified......600 volts DC is in the overhead wire.....the rails act as the ground.

The electric locomotive was used mostly to switch trains of railroad boxcars from the railroad connections...boxcars full of raw materials were taken to local manufacturing mills and then the boxcars full of their finished goods were returned to the railroad connection........the locomotive also pulled trains of coal to the mills in Sanford from the pier in Cape Porpoise.

[TTCFAN4476]

fluffy can walk fast and holy cow jack is at the controls

[charlie8575]

From the presence of the Red Line car, am I correct to assume you're considering adding third-rail line as well as overhead, or will that be a static display? I was also wondering when you got that, as plenty of the old Bluebirds are still in service.

[mainetrolleys]

Dis your great grandfather leave any Atlantic Shore Line items behind? We are putting together an exhibit that will focus on the ASL and we would be interested in seeing anything you may have..uniform buttons, badge, photos, etc. The Museum also has a an express/postal trolley that operated on the Dover end of the line for many years.....originally it was a PD&Y (Portsmouth, Dover & York)Railway vehicle.

[ihdavis1]

my great grandfather was a conductor for the atlantic shore line railway for some time, with alot of his time there spent on the dover end. he also conducted on the rochester electric railway