A trio of tow trucks carry the cars of the Flying Yankee over the Kancamagus Highway, seen here by the Saco Ranger Station in Conway, on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Flying Yankee Association members, Conway Scenic Railroad employees and workers from the tow trucks and crane services involved stand around the recently assembled Flying Yankee train cars at the Conway Scenic Railroad depot in Conway Village on Tuesday. From left in front: Brandon Proulx of the Conway Scenic Railroad, Brian LaPlant and Alden Burns of the Flying Yankee Association, Tim Slager and Mike Lacey of the Conway Scenic Railroad, and Mike Sobieniak of STC Trucking. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Flying Yankee Association members look on as cranes from Coady's Towing and Over All Crane Service lift one of the Flying Yankee train cars at the Conway Scenic Railroad depot in Conway Village on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A trio of tow trucks carry the cars of the Flying Yankee over the Kancamagus Highway, seen here by the Saco Ranger Station in Conway, on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Flying Yankee Association members, Conway Scenic Railroad employees and workers from the tow trucks and crane services involved stand around the recently assembled Flying Yankee train cars at the Conway Scenic Railroad depot in Conway Village on Tuesday. From left in front: Brandon Proulx of the Conway Scenic Railroad, Brian LaPlant and Alden Burns of the Flying Yankee Association, Tim Slager and Mike Lacey of the Conway Scenic Railroad, and Mike Sobieniak of STC Trucking. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Flying Yankee Association members look on as cranes from Coady's Towing and Over All Crane Service lift one of the Flying Yankee train cars at the Conway Scenic Railroad depot in Conway Village on Tuesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — After being brought in three sections via flatbed trailer over the Kancamagus Highway from Lincoln early Tuesday, the fabled Flying Yankee was back on the former Boston & Maine Railroad tracks now owned by the Conway Scenic Railroad by 11:41 a.m. for the first time since the sleek, 1935-vintage locomotive was retired in 1957.
It was a bit of a homecoming for the train, as late Story Land co-founder Bob Morrell had bought the electric diesel train in 1993 and transported it from the Edaville Railroad iin South Carver, Mass. via flatbed truck to a siding in Glen.
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