CONWAY — Conway Scenic Railroad celebrated its 45th birthday on Sunday by surprising Dwight A. Smith, one of the railroad’s founders, by renaming the recently restored No. 7470 steam engine after him.
Under the gold 7470 lettering on the engineer’s cab window, the sleek 1921-built iron horse now bears Smith’s name.
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