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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.
Stored. awaiting cosmetic restoration at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. 8 is the largest Maine 2 footer locomotive in existence, heavier than even the 2-6-2's on the SR&RL railroad. Currently stored at the WW&F. 9 Plymouth Locomotive Works 10 ton diesel 1930s
Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum: Alna: Lincoln: Mid Coast: Railway: 2 ft (0.61 m) (610 mm) gauge heritage railway and museum Woodlawn Museum: Ellsworth: Hancock: Down East: Historic house: Collections reflect three generations of the Black family from 1802 to 1928 Woolwich History Museum: Woolwich: Sagadahoc: Mid Coast: History
Operating out of the former Portland Company Marine Complex, the organization was founded in 1993 and continues to operate as of 2024.The collection consists of passenger and freight equipment, as well as artifacts from the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railways that ran in the state of Maine in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Alna was the site of the first fish hatchery in Maine, started shortly after the Civil War. Between 1895 and 1933, the narrow gauge Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway operated three stations in the town: Head Tide, Alna Center, and Sheepscot. The latter now serves as the base of operations for a heritage railway in town. [5]
The railroad reached Albion in November 1895, with a goal of eventually extending as far north as Quebec City. After going through bankruptcy, several new owners and a couple of name changes to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, the company finally succumbed to over the road transportation and the depression in 1933. [7]
Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad #6, preserved as WW&F #9 6 Baldwin Locomotive Works: 2-6-0 tender 1893 13733 Built as 2nd #2. Renumbered #6 in June 1905. Became Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad No. 18 7 Baldwin Locomotive Works: 2-6-0 tender 1892 12964 ex-Laurel River and Hot Springs Railroad; purchased in 1900 as 2nd #3.
A junction on the underground freight railway network built by the defunct Chicago Tunnel Company. A steam train on a revived segment of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad in Maine. A Crown Metal Products-built train on Hersheypark's Dry Gulch Railroad in Pennsylvania in 1966. A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United ...