We arrived a few minutes early for the Conway scenic Railroad to go through their museum. As you might expect there were a few “train buffs” already there looking at the exhibits from the days when Conway was a vacation destination. I gave the rolling stock a close examination. This group does a great job with their restoration. They apparently operate a shop, and do a lot of their work themselves. The cars were all in top-notch shape, and there were a lot of them. 
We started up to Crawford notch, and the scenery was beautiful.
The guide told us stories of old trips and people who inhabited the mountains.
She was a character herself, and she made a lot of jokes at the expense of the conductor, here talking with the engineer at the top.
We opted for the 1:30 lunch so when we got to Crawford, we switched cars and sat in a beautifully restored dining car. It was a more than pleasant trip, and was a great last day in New Hampshire.
The 27th was a travel day and we decided to go to the Rangeley Lakes region of Maine. We travelled along the gorgeous Androscoggin river. This last day in New Hampshire pointed out ot us again one of the things we like about this state. Their road construction and maintenance is great. We found that without exception, the best secondary and tertiary roads we travelled in NE, were in New Hampshire by far.
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