New to me Lombard photos

[loggah]

A friend of mine from Northern Maine e-mailed me a few Lombard photos i didn't have,Im pretty sure they are taken at Lac Frontiere on the Maine -Canada border. I know they are Ed Lacroix tractors of which i have 2 and one of mine is the number 9 machine.Lacroix at 1 time owned 26 Lombard Tractors. HE had hundreds of horses and men working in the Maine woods and that required a lot of hay and supplies to be hauled to Churchill depot and his other camps on the Allagash and st.John waterways.

seems like one operator had a bad day !!!Merry Christmas everyone !!

 

[3512b]

Cool Don!
Looks like you got a Christmas present a little early
Any more coming?

 

[pixie]

Great pictures, Don.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
Merry Christmas

 

[Track Addict]

Been up there snowmobile to Chesuncook Village. Your Lombard probably helped the build. Pretty cool stuff up there still. Ghost Trains are neat. They were in a nice shed until it burned down. Middle of nowhere:

http://www.amsnow.com/reviews/snowmobile-trails-travel/2010/12/maines-forgotten-railroad

 

[Track Addict]

Link to some more lombard pics:https://www.mainememory.net/search/...tion--Maine&core_page_size=48&active_tab=core

So #6 is in museum maine. What one is in Allenstown NH?

 

[loggah]

The one in Allenstown is number 8, In Hellen Hamlins book ,9 Mile Bridge she talks about the Lombards at Churchill Depot where she was a school teacher,and theres a drawing of number 8 lombard. I have hundreds of photos of Lacroixs operation ,a few of these i didn't have.My friend that sent the pictures,headed up the crew that jacked up the two locomotives and reballasted the track under them. He got the Photos from the grandson of Ed Lacroix ,who lives in St.George Quebec.

 

[3512b]

So your going to have a hard time selecting photos for the book
with all those photos...
Maybe can get Helen Pike help you get it going....
times a wasting.....

 

[loggah]

I cant get my head around a book at the moment!!!!! I'm busy outback trying to do a snow and cold weather dance !!!!!

 

[redsqwrl]

sorry it is sideways it was on the February 19, 2016 Farmers Trading post. it is an insert of the Wisconsin State Farmer.

It is a steam engine with the kennenberg Crew. Hauling logs for the tigerton lumber company.

another instructor here at the college "Gets it".

 

[redsqwrl]

this one was in the same paper..

HP to wight ratio is right in line.......

 

[redsqwrl]

Don't delay the price increase is looming!

 

[loggah]

I dont think they made many of the Killien-strait tractors,The Phoenix manufacturing co. in Eau Claire made around 100 steam haulers and they were used all over the snowbelt, neat pictures. Don