Joy Town Railroad
Joy Town Railroad was an amusement railroad at Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Massachusetts. The railroad was built and operated by Lester Friend.
Joy Town Railroad advertisement from "The Miniature Locomotive", November/December 1952
From "The Miniature Locomotive", July/August 1953
The following photos were taken by A.W. Leggett, provided by Jim Leggett.
Engineer Vachon with Joy Town Railroad Hudson. Miss Vachon worked at the Friend's Yankee Shop, and also ran the locomotive at Friend's Joy Town Railroad at the Topsfield, Mass. fairgrounds in the 1950s. Photo by A.W. Leggett.
Bill Leggett Jr. watches the train pass by.
Jim Leggett's grandmother, Myrtle Leggett, on the right.
Myrtle Leggett on the left.
Where Did It Go?
Larry D (ldhobo) posted on LiveDiesel Yahoo Group, 10 May 2014:
- I mentioned selling my old Friends Joy Town Big diesel loco--the Alco FA-1