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The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway.The line was operated as a for-profit company from 1895 until 1933 between the Maine towns of Wiscasset, Albion, and Winslow, but was abandoned in 1936.
Maine Central Railroad: MEC MEC 1862 Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway: Maine Coast Railroad: MC 1990 2000 Safe Handling Rail, Inc. Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Railroad: B&M: 1836 1844 Boston and Maine Railroad: Maine Shore Line Railroad: MEC: 1881 1888 Maine Central ...
The railroad of Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track narrow-gauge steam railroad, located in the southern part of Maine. The owned mileage extends northerly from Wiscasset to Albion, Me., a distance of 43.639 miles. The carrier also owns yard and side tracks totaling 3.447 miles.
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad; Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad; Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad (1871–2007) Boston and Maine Corporation; Bridgton and Saco River Railroad; Bridgton and Harrison Railway
Winter was an entrepreneur who had also bought the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad in order to operate a Boston-to-Wiscasset coal and lumber business. [5] [6] He had the idea to have the ships bring coal north to Wiscasset, and bring lumber back to the south. The railroad was to be used to bring lumber, and coal to the interior parts of Maine. [7]
The seaport city of Wiscasset, Maine, began building the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad inland in 1894 to increase trade through their harbor. Plans to include the Sebasticook and Moosehead as part of Wiscasset's route to Quebec were thwarted by inability to negotiate a crossing of the Maine Central line. [2]
Wiscasset is a town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. [2] The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was 3,742 as of the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
This is a route-map template for the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a United States heritage railroad.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.