Two Tickets on the Wood River Train by J. B. Kennedy Wood River Branch Railroad

Description: Two Tickets on the Wood River Train by J. B. Kennedy Tucked away in the southwest corner of Rhode Island there once was a little gem of a railroad. Less than 6 miles long the Wood River Branch Railroad battled hard times, fires and floods to serve the little mill villages in Richmond and Hopkinton for over 70 years. Little teakettles like the Gardner Nichols, and putt-putts like the President's Special and the 1872 kept Hope Valley connected to the outside world aided by a colorful cast of local characters who simply refuse to be forgotten. There was tobacco spitting engineer William Hoxsie who once tangled with a skunk. People may not have seen the train arrive that night, but they sure smelled it. President Roy Rawlings who bought the line for $301 and quipped his road might not be as long as the Pennsylvania, but was every bit as wide. Trackman Dan Patterson could never seem to catch a break. What about Mother Watrous who saved the line from extinction with a plate of doughnuts and a pitcher of fresh milk? There was Tom Briggs who started railroading at the advanced age of 12 and became the youngest engineer to qualify in Rhode Island. How could we ignore Otis Larkin who for three years was engineer, baggageman, brakeman, conductor, purchasing agent, track walker, maintenance man, station agent and freight agent. Larkin had a different official hat for each job and would swap hats as needed. And in a male dominated world there was the unforgettable Lucy Tootell, a force of nature and the tiny road's Vice President of Operations. Also read about the Terrible Wreck at Richmond Switch at the cursed bridge at Meadow Brook, fires, floods and the horrifying end of John Newton. Jammed full of anecdotes, tall tales and local legends Two Tickets on the Wood River Train is waiting on the arrivals track. 80# laminated softcover, 28# 100 bright slick paper Text 134 pages, with 150 maps, photos, drawings and documents; an equipment roster, and index List of Illustrations: map Rhode Island; brass baggage tag; Lucy Tootell at throttle of President's Special; New London Turnpike; Dawley's Tavern; NYP&B locomotive Apponaug; Kenyon Mill; Rockville Upper Mill; President Harris Lanphear; Director George Olney; Director/ President David Aldrich; Director/ President Amos Nichols; Terrible Wreck at Richmond Switch; NYP&B locomotive N. F. Dixon; righting the wrecked locomotive; searching for wreckage/building temporary bridge; survey estimate for building from Hope Valley to Wyoming; 1872 survey map; map Hope Valley; map Hopkinton; map Canonchet; map Woodville; map Richmond; map Wood River Jct; station Hope Valley with train 1879; station Hope Valley 1890s; engine house Hope Valley; section house Hope Valley; car shed Hope Valley; map industries Hopkinton and Richmond; Rockville Upper Mill; Rockville Lower Mill; Centerville Cotton Mill; Moscow Mill; Charcoaling on Srping St.; Upper Batting Mill; Sheldon Mill; Lower Batting Mill; Locustville Mill; Arnold Mill; Hope Valley Mill; building new Chimney Taylor Mfg; Nichols & Langworthy Shop; advertisement New York Safety Steam Power Co.; Nichols & Langworthy foundry; Nichols & Langworthy workers; Nichols & Langworthy clock tower; Ashville Mill; Sabine Owens Mill Woodville; G. F. Rogers Mill; dam at Woodville; WRB public timetable; steamboat Rhode Island at landing Stonington, Ct; N&L steam launch on railroad car; N&L steam launch at centennial fair 1876; WRB baggage car no. 2 1870s; WRB baggage car no. 2 1890s; link and pin coupling; station Woodville; WRB locomotive no. 2 Wincheck; Hope Valley yard with WRB combine no. 3, enginehouse, coal shed and station; station Canonchet; Wood River Jct. station Wood River Jct special report income first 18 days of operations; freight invoice 1888; public timetable 1885; flood of 1888; freight receipt 1887; WRB locomotive no. 1 Gardner Nichols 1890s; Baker Car heater; ticket; NYP&B reconciliation sheet 1892; WRB payroll sheet 1895; WRB locomotive no. 5 Polly; freight transfer ticket 1896; train time Hope Valley 1890s; Sheldon Mill / Mica Mill; Wyoming dam, Sheldon Mill; ruins of Mica mill after fire; duplex ticket; N&L boiler on flat car Hope Valley; WRB locomotive no. 1 Nichols 1900; President Amos G Nichols; President Ralph Watrous; WRB locomotive no.1 Gardner Nichols c 1904; WRB locomotive no. 6 Cinderella; Coach no. 1 wrecked; Fairbanks Morse invoice 1904; Thomas Briggs; WRB locomotive no. 6 with train 1907; bridge Woodville; WR tie stamp; ruins of Nichols & Langworthy after fire; ruins of Nichols & Langworthy after fire; Voucher ICC Inspection WRB locomotive no. 9; Trackman Dan Patterson; Group photo Hope Valley Station, locomotive no. 9 and RR crew; WRB company bond; WRB Combine no. 4 and locomotive no. 9 1913; Conductor's report 1913; ticket 1914; Howard Elliot; Rawlings Grain Mill Hope Valley; Roy Rawlings; Hope Valley Station 1920; WRB locomotive no. 10 Hope Valley 1926 Hope Valley yard turntable, WRB locomotive no. 10, combine no. 4 after 1920 enginehouse fire; NYNH&H locomotive no. 240; Conductor A. J. “Garfield Parker; Canonchet station with train; washout after 1927 flood; NYNH&H locomotive no. 1578; Locomotive A100 Locomotive A100 and caboose 1; Locomotive A100 and caboose 1; Advertisement; Advertisement; Otis Larkin with A100; Locustville Mill after fire; Roy Rawlings with A100; WRB locomotive 1872 with caboose 1; 1872 with train Hope Valley Yard; Rawlings Mill; WRB locomotive 1872; 1938 WRB pass; group photo WRB directors with President's Special; Hope Valley Yard coach no. 1 as shed; abandoned Woodville station with 1872 and train; Lucy Tootell; Coal unloader Hope Valley; excursion President's Special 1942; Rawlings Mill; train Hope Valley; Wood River Jct. 1940; Rawlings Mill after fire; Centerville Mill fire; Abandonment approval; Caboose no. 1; scrapping; last run President's Special; pile of abandoned ties 1978; Wood River Jct. 2015; Woodville bridge abutments; Canonchet abandoned right of way; Scene along Mechanic St.; New Haven locomotive 1710; New Haven locomotive 1733; WRB locomotive 1872; Conductor's Ticket Book; Ticket; Excursion Ticket; Conductor's Duplex Ticket;Ticket;equipment roster N. W. Abbott Adams Express Co. David L. Aldrich Joseph “Harry”Aldrich Allen, Albert Alton, RI (formerly Wood River Mills) American Mica Co. Apponaug Godfrey Arnold Gorton Arnold, Arnold Mill Arnold, P. A. Arnold's Mills, RI Ashaway Ashville Brook Ashville Mill Sam Avery, B. B. & R. Knight George Babcock, Samuel Babcock, baggage car John Baggs, Minnie Baggs, Henry D.Bailey, Fred Bailey, Baker Car Heater Baldwin Locomotive Works bank robbery Addie May Barber, Bill Barber, Charles H.Barber, Edward Barber, George H.Barber, Harold T.Barber, James H.Barber, J. M.Barber, Leander M.Barber, Mary Barber, Silas Barber, Solomon Barber, Thomas Barber, Barber & Richmond Batting Mill (upper and lower) George Baton, O. O. Baton, William H. Baton, Bay State Express Dr. Beale, Fred Beales, Alan B.Bennett, Elisha R. Bitgood, James Bitgood, Bitgood sawmill (Box Shop) Blue Pond Boat Train Norah Bohan, bonds Boston & Providence RR Frank Boyle, Bradford, RI (formerly Niantic) Gladys Brooks, Thomas Briggs, William E. Briggs, William H. Briggs Brooklyn, Bath & West End RR Albert. W. Brown James Brown, John Brown, ClarenceBrowning, Brushy Brook Brand's Iron Works (Wyoming) Edward Buckland, George Buteau, John Callahan, Canonchet, RI car ferry car house Gladys Barber Card, Jeremiah Card, George Carmichael, Carolina, RI Hezekiah Carpenter, Carpenter's Mills Centennial Fair Centerville Mill Civil War charcoaling A. J. Christopher, Cinderella (locomotive 6/9) F Church, Adelbert R,.Clark D. A.Clark, E. R.Clark, John H. Clark, Elliot Clarke, Henry A.Clarke, coal shed Joseph E.Colbert, “Uncle” Charles Collins, Ephraim Collins, Collins Farm Thomas Collins, Connecticut steamship Consolidated RR see New York, New Haven & Hartford RR Charles Coon, John. A.Corey, J. Cottrell, Alva Crandall, Joseph Crandall, Crandall Mill Jerry Creamer, Crossing, the coupling – coupling accidents Curtis Comedy Company J. C.Curtis, E. J. Cutler, Cutler Mill J. B. Dacey, Everett Daley, Frank Daneasro, Darling's Corn, Farm Favorite & Potato Fertilizer Samuel Davis, A. J.Dawley, Dawley Tavern Decoration Day William Dewey, Dock engine Herman Dock, East Greenwich Thomas Edison, G. Edwards, Jason Edwards, George Eldred, Howard Elliot, Ellis (Isaac) Farm Ellis Flats Ennis, Paul engine house Ephraim's cattle path Mark Faby, Edward Fidler, Welcome Fidler, Fidler's Saloon William Finney, fire First National Bank of Hopkinton flood Forney locomotive Garand rifle Gardner Nichols, (locomotive 1) Orrin Gardner, Ulysses Grant Gardiner, General Radio Co. Gilt Edge Express Glasgo, Ct. Grantville, RI Greene, RI Thomas Greene, William Greene Groton, Ct Harriet Guile, William Guile, Gun Mill see Centerville Mill Gordon Harrington, Gov. Elisha Harris, Orrin Harris, Harris Stove Foundry Brett Hart, Hartford Providence & Fishkill Detective Hazelhurst C Heath, Hempstead Hope Valley, RI Hope Valley Mill Hope Valley Woolen Co. Hopkinton City, RI Hopkinton, RI Hopkinton Savings Bank Hopkinton Woolens Charles Holden, Jonas Holstrom, Charles Hoxsie, George Hoxsie, Samuel Hoxsie, William Hoxsie, Interstate Commerce Commission Jack Rabbit Jewett City, Ct. Johnson 1941 rifle Capt. Melvin Johnson, Charles Joslin, J. N. Joslin, John Paul Jones, William Joyce, July 4th Jarvis Kenyon, John L. Kenyon Sr Kenyon(s) Mill Kenyon's Grist Mill Woodville King Rhodes Benjamin Knapp Dr. Knerr, Benjamin Langworthy, George Langworthy Joseph Langworthy, Joshua Langworthy, George Lanphear, Harris Lanphear, Charles A Larkin Charles BLarkin, Fred H.Larkin Henry A. Larkin, Otis A.Larkin, William Larkin, launch Rev. E. I.Lindh, Locustville, RI Locustville Mill Long Island Sound lumbering- lumber industry Homer Lyke, Alonzo V. Main, George Main, C. Edward Maines, Thomas S. Maines, A. S. Matthews, Maple Avenue Marine Engine Co. I. B. Mason, W. Matteson Meadow Brook Mechanic Street Mechanic's Lodge Methuselah Isaac. B. Miller, David Millis, Edwin Milner, Charles Mills, John Money, Moscow Mill Walter Monroe, Mystic, Ct. Mystic Mill N. F. Dixon (locomotive) Narragansett, RI Narragansett Bay Narragansett Pier RR New Haven RR see New York, New Haven & Hartford RR New London, Ct. New London Turnpike New York City, NY New York, New Haven & Hartford RR New York, Providence & Boston RR New York Tribune New York Safety Steam Co. Newport & Wickford RR Newton, John Niantic, RI see Bradford Amos G.Nichols, Gardner Nichols, George Nichols, Grace E. Millet Nichols, Henry C. Nichols, Frank E.Nichols, Nichols & Langworthy Ray C.Nichols, Willis G.Nichols, Thomas Nolan, Norwich & Worcester RR Oak Grove Farm Oakwood Grove, Woodville William Oatly, Odd Fellows Joseph Olmstead, George Olney, Olney Mill, see Sheldon Mill Osgood Bradley Sabine A.Owens, DeVere Palmer, Ernest Palmer, Howard S.Palmer, J. P. Palmer John F.Palmer, Dr. L. A.Palmer, Peter P.Palmer, Panic of 1873 Almon. J. “Garfield”Parker, passes Daniel Patterson, Pawcatuck River B. Pendelton, D. Pendelton, Pennsylvania RR Benjamin S.Perry, Samuel Perry, Perry's Iron Works Philadelphia & Reading RR Philadelphia, Pa Nellie Phillips, Bolick Pistke, William Podrat, poling Polly (locomotive 5) Pontiac, RI Providence & Worcester RR Providence, RI printing presses Detective Quinn, Railroad Commission Lucy I. Rawlings Rawlings Mill “Rob” Roy Rawlings, Roy Rawlings Robert S.Reynolds, Richmond, RI William Sr.. Richmond, Richmond Switch, RI Richmond Switch wreck at Rhode Island Arms Co. Rhode Island Hospital Rhode Island Locomotive Works Rhode Island Meal Co. Rhode Island State College Rockville, RI Rockville Mfg. Co Rockville Mill (lower) Rockville Mill (Upper) Andrew Rogers, G. F.Rogers, Rogers Mill Walter Rogers, Roy Rawlings Inc. Russian wolfhound Sabine Owens Mill (Woodville) Sabine Owens Mill (Hope Valley) Saratoga Springs, NY Sargent Clothing Co. Milton P.Saunders, F. Reat Scholfield, Thomas B. Segar, William Segar, John Shay, Sheldon Mill Clark Sheldon, Robert Sheldon, Shore Line Express Alexander Smith, Benjamin Smith, Benjamin F.Smith Elmer C.Smith, Fred W.Smith, Smith Granite Co. Manuel Smith, Nathaniel Smith, snowstorms William L. Spicer, Thomas Sprague, Spring St. standard time B Stanton, Staten Island Rapid Transit stub switch Steamboats Stonington locomotive Stonington, Ct. Stonington, Ct. steamboat landing Stonington Line see NYP&B Frank Sullivan, Pardon Tefft, Thames River Frank A. Thompson, J. Stewart Thompson, Russel Thayer, Tillinghast brothers Pardon Tillinghast, timetable tollhouses Fred Tootell, M. Lucy Rawlings Tootell. John M.Torr, HerbertTracy, Henry F.True, William Tucker, Tug Hollow turntable United States Railroad Administration Cornelius Vanderbilt, vacuum brakes Dr. Veal, Voluntown, Ct. George Wallen, Mary Richmond Nichols Watrous, Ralph C..Watrous, Susan Aldrich.Watrous, Jessie Whaley, Sheriff Wilcox, Stephen Wilcox, W. R. Williston, James C.Wilson, Wincheck (locomotive 2) J. D.Witter, Women's Christian Temperance Union Wood River Wood River Railroad Wood River Cemetery Wood River Iron Works Wood River Junction Wood River Mills see Alton Woodville, RI Worcester, Ma World Record Feed World War Two Calvert Wright, Charles Wright, Wyoming, RI Wyoming Yarn Co. Y&O Coal

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