Just prior to the publishing of his 1959 "The Maine Two-Footers", Linwood Moody exchanged letters with former Engineer, Earl Keefe. Linwood had many questions relative to the locations of switches, sidings and structures. One question in particular involves whether there was a switch up on "The Mountain" or not. Linwood didn't remember seeing one, Earl answered that indeed there was one and that the siding held 7 cars and was used when doubling the hill.
Earl asks Linwood (in the January 15th letter), if he ever sees Harold Smith (on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad), where Linwood is working as the Station Agent at the Brooks depot. If so, say "hello" to him.
Moody responded on Jan'y 20th, that "Yes, Harold Smith is still here. He's doing spare running and is a very good man with a train. He's a fast man, but careful. Anyone who can hold one of those hard riding diesels (G.E. 70 ton) open and run 40 or 45 miles per hour over this rough track, has got good nerve. Harold and I gab about the narrow gauge often. He often speaks of you and how well he liked you, in fact, he suggested that I write to you about the W.W. & F. sidings, stations, etc. I didn't know you were still in Albion."
Linwood continues by saying, "someone told me the other day that old Frank Winter is still alive and going strong, over to Lewiston. He must be close to 90. This fellow told me that Winter owns a big restaurant there now."
From the W.W. & F. Ry. Museum Archives Dept.
Linwood W. Moody collection no. 25-06-29
Items no. 9-10-11-12
