A Grand Goodbye | Annual Picnic 2021 at Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway | August 2021 скачать в хорошем качестве

A Grand Goodbye | Annual Picnic 2021 at Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway | August 2021

About This Video -Time Stamps- 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Monson #3 mixed consist outside Top Of The Mountain 0:36 - B&SR #7 and MRR #3 meet at Alna Center 1:17 - B&SR #7 departing Alna Center 1:52 - MRR #3 departing Alna Center 2:47 - WW&F #9 mixed consist at Cockeye Curve 3:30 - B&SR #7 all coach consist at Cockeye Curve 3:57 - B&SR #7 mixed consist arriving at Sheepscot 4:53 - MRR #3 taking on water at Sheepscot 5:43 - WW&F #9 all coach consist at Eastman Lake Trout Brook Evening Doubleheader 6:33 - B&SR #7 and WW&F #9 fight to Top Of The Mountain 7:00 - Runby at Alna Center 7:40 - Outro Tucked away deep in the woods of the state of Maine sat the Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad, which was then revised as the Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway. Running from the seaside town of Wiscasset, through the woods and small-scale communities to the remote town of Albion, this 43 mile 2 foot gauge railroad hauled people and essentials throughout the Maine Countryside. From delivering milk to the locals to taking the remote areas people to the larger connections and cities of the state, the WW&F had everything going for it. That was until the 1920’s when the railroad began to feel the struggle with the rise of the automobile, as many other railroads were at the time.When Frank Winter purchased the WW&F, he had envisioned a lumber business for the railroad. Winter went ahead and bought two schooners, named Hesper and Luther Little, in which he was hoping to bring coal from the oceanside city of Boston, Massachusetts and send the lumber south. Sadly, Frank Winter’s dream was cut short after a derailment on June 15th, 1933, and with the great depression starting to pull the strings on the 2 foot railroad, that put the writing on the wall, and the railroad ceased operations, and the dream of the WW&F helping with a large lumber business was going no further. Hesper and Luther Little were abandoned in Wiscasset, and the rails came up in 1937. That was what seemed to be the end of the line for the famed Maine Two footers, until a group of volunteers formed the Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway in 1989. They cut down trees and brush that had overgrown over the once railroad right of way, and began to rebuild the trackage. The group also restored several pieces of WW&F rolling stock, and spent 20 years restoring 0-4-4T Forney number #9, which stands to be the only original WW&F locomotive to exist as of 2021. The group of volunteers wanted to share their appreciation to the towns support of the small museum, it was decided an annual picnic would be a way for visitors and railfans to visit and get a taste of Maine railroading, by running classic consists and giving guests a feel of yesteryear. 2021 was no exception, what was mostly catchy is that all three operating Maine 2 footers left in existence, would operate excursions throughout the day, along with an evening doubleheader across rare trackage. This would also be the final time that all five surviving engines would be together at any given time for the foreseeable future. Enjoy the sights and sounds of all three Maine two footers under steam together, one last time!