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Description
The transfer table was used to move cars into the Derby repair shop.
A car was moved onto the table, the table moved laterally so that the car was in front of the appropriate repair bay and then a cable was attached to the car and a winch was used to pull the car into the repair shop.
About This Item
- Title: Bangor and Aroostook transfer table, Derby, ca. 1945
- Creator: Richard W. Sprague
- Creation Date: circa 1945
- Subject Date: circa 1945
- Location: Derby, Piscataquis County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 24 cm
- Collection: Richard Sprague
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--People
- Employees
- Railroad repair shops--Maine--Derby
- Railroads--Maine
- Transfer tables (Railroads)--Maine--Derby
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Oakfield Historical SocietyPO Box 176, Oakfield, ME 04763
(207) 267-1294
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