sentences:  The railroad was built from Farmington through Strong to Phillips in 1879 using rolling stock of the recently abandoned Billerica and Bedford Railroad.The original Billerica and Bedford equipment consisted of 2 locomotives, 6 flat cars, a baggage car, a coach, a combination car, and 2 box cars rebuilt from open excursion cars.In 1883 the railroad purchased 2 coaches from Laconia Car Company and a third locomotive in anticipation of additional traffic to be generated by the Franklin and Megantic Railroad (F&M) being built from Strong to Kingfield.