author
Linwood W. Moody
1905–1983
A railroad historian and photographer with a lifelong fascination for Maine’s narrow-gauge lines, this author helped preserve the story of the state’s famous two-foot railroads. His books remain a gateway into a vanished world of small trains, rural industry, and local ingenuity.
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Edaville Railroad : The Cranberry Belt
by Linwood W. Moody
About the author
Born in South Union, Maine, on July 17, 1905, Linwood W. Moody became a railroad station agent and developed a deep interest in railroad history. Over the years he documented Maine’s narrow-gauge railroads through research and photography, building a body of work that later became especially important to railroad historians and enthusiasts.
He is best known for The Maine Two-Footers, a landmark book on Maine’s two-foot-gauge railroads, and he also wrote Edaville Railroad: The Cranberry Belt. Sources about his life also credit him as an important figure in the early history of the Edaville Railroad and note that his photographs and papers were preserved in archival collections.
Moody died on July 13, 1983. His legacy lives on through his books, photographs, and the continuing interest they inspire in Maine railroad history.