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First run of WW&F #9 

Eric Schade
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this video captures some scenes from the first run of WW&F #9.
She was built in 1891 by the Portland Company in Portland Maine. She served the Sandy River Railway as #5 then Sandy River and Rangely Lakes RR as #6 until 1924 when she was purchased by the Kennebec Central wearing the number 4. when that line closed in January1933 she was purchased by the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington RR and served for a few months before that line closed in June. She was rescued from the cutting torch by Frank Ramsdell and William Monepenny and spent the next 60 some years in a shed on the Ramsdell farm in Connecticut before heading back to Maine and the WW&F Railway Museum. Restoration work started in 2006 and is largely the result of volunteer labor.
I did a bit of work on her including refurbishing the cylinder cocks, machining the replica whistle, mounting the rear headlight, making the rear ladder, lots of brackets, varnishing the cab and rear tank, and endless other small bits.

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5 дек 2015

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Комментарии : 40   
@danspiro231
@danspiro231 3 года назад
Love all the work force engine n equipment
@locowerke
@locowerke 8 лет назад
Superb restoration. Everyone who was involved deserves great credit for bringing back such an iconic locomotive to working order, and with such obvious care for attention to detail & accuracy; well done!
@ChasCo24
@ChasCo24 8 лет назад
I thank God I have lived long enough to see this. What a wonderful achievement by the Wiscasset group to bring this locomotive back to life. Well done to all involved. Such a precious piece of two foot gauge railroading history has been preserved.
@railfan-q3504
@railfan-q3504 8 лет назад
Absolutely awsome to see No. 9 finaly running!
@jayfmiller
@jayfmiller 8 лет назад
Thanks to all who put so much effort into keeping heritage steam alive. The industrial revolution and the development of so many countries rode on the backs of steam railways and stationary steam engines. I hope public interest in steam power continues to support active heritage steam so future generations will have the opportunity to feel, see, and hear the magic.
@LehighValleyrailfan
@LehighValleyrailfan 8 лет назад
Absolutely fantastic! Great work!
@cartersol38
@cartersol38 8 лет назад
Such dedication, a labor of love, great teamwork-Great Restoration job! There is such a tremendous sense of pride and ownership with all the time and effort which was spent bringing her back to life. I am totally fascinated by all that has been done in regard to relaying track, ballasting, repairing buildings, bridges, trestles etc. and the volunteer efforts in the rain and the support team who brought out dinner for the volunteers! I salute you all, for such an incredible effort and such a quality work-in-progress!
@josephwoltcheck4068
@josephwoltcheck4068 8 лет назад
I thank this is a gem of little railway!!!
@alandowney7535
@alandowney7535 8 лет назад
Great video, Eric! You can really get a sense of the excitement of the day. And nice job on the whistle blowing! I'm glad you did the honors.
@o484
@o484 8 лет назад
Outstanding work!
@hbissonnette2577
@hbissonnette2577 8 лет назад
Wow. Just wow.
@gravelydon7072
@gravelydon7072 8 лет назад
Great whistle notes.
@CodyWolfeVevo
@CodyWolfeVevo 6 лет назад
gravelydon Lol thats only a one note whistle. But the pitch changes by how much steam pressure is put though it. Personally my favorite is a Crosby 6" 3 chime. I also like the Chinese 5 chime and santa fe 5 chome thry are very unique. One single chime always sounded like a dying cow to me lol. But some find it good its the sound of the old logging trains and trains the built the west. This gauage is my favorite wish there were more two' guage railroads with nice steamers like this
@patsullivan9399
@patsullivan9399 8 лет назад
Beautiful!
@billgroder9184
@billgroder9184 8 лет назад
Very Nice, Class act!
@raymondfarina3349
@raymondfarina3349 7 лет назад
Loved watching the video. Very historic! Great!
@HuwJones
@HuwJones 8 лет назад
Fantastic work - just saw this today...can't wait to ride with her in 2016!!!!
@nicksimoneau3253
@nicksimoneau3253 8 лет назад
same
@skeeterweazel
@skeeterweazel 8 лет назад
Awesome. Hasn't run in 85 years? Pretty cool.
@kevp9601
@kevp9601 6 лет назад
best song ever
@jabru41
@jabru41 6 лет назад
Excellent!
@AlexTheRailroader
@AlexTheRailroader 8 лет назад
That is a beautiful locomotive. Reminds me of the Fred Gurley #3 at Disneyland.
@pux0rb
@pux0rb 6 лет назад
Normally I dislike the single tone whistles, but this sounds great. Nice note and I love the echo.
@jamesshanks2614
@jamesshanks2614 6 лет назад
The steam generator came along in the early 20th century. Prior to that it used a kerosene headlight. The way you made a kerosene headlight as bright as an electric headlight was added a couple of moth balls to the headlight enclosure. Had an long retired B&M engineer told me that. Once they got warm they gave off a gas that increased the candlepower of the headlight significantly. The cylinder cocks were left open I'm guessing so any loose rust can escape the cylinders.
@Paw95
@Paw95 6 лет назад
Boy I’d love to have some property on an old abandoned rail bed for one of these.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 лет назад
Eric Schade >>> Is the 'steam-powered generator' on the locomotive something it was equipped with in the 19th century, or is it a 20th {or 21st} century addition?
@eliotreader8220
@eliotreader8220 3 года назад
when they moved her out of the engine shed way did the Volunteers park her alongside the fire wood. did they use some of the logs to get the fire going and was she burning wood during the boiler test?
@steveww1507
@steveww1507 7 лет назад
what was the coast to restore her ? Awesome job !
@CHAS1422
@CHAS1422 7 лет назад
Just a question, why do you leave the drain cocks open at the base of the cylinders the whole time? Great restoration by the way.
@WinneganceandQuebec
@WinneganceandQuebec 7 лет назад
The drain cocks are only left open while the cylinders are "warming" to drain condensed steam. water in incompressable and would damage the cylinders while running.
@alaindelassus4028
@alaindelassus4028 6 лет назад
Just dicovered your amazing railway museum 15 days back .Pretty moving moment the revival of a steam loc. It reminds me the revival of a two foot steam loc in Pithiviers (France) in 1978 but only 14 years after its last run. Musée des transport de Pithiviers See our Web site and Face Book ;
@jockellis
@jockellis 7 лет назад
What is the boiler pressure? Congratulations, btw.
@trainfan5
@trainfan5 8 лет назад
Genuine Question, who does the stock at 16:27 belong too? Looks like lots of ex edaville/B&SR equipment.
@WinneganceandQuebec
@WinneganceandQuebec 8 лет назад
+trainfan5 It certainly is former Edaville stuff. Brian ( don't know his last name ) is restoring it dont know who for, perhaps it will go back to Edaville, he is doing work for them or possibly to the new and revised Maine Narrow Gauge slated for Gray Maine in a couple of years
@johncrawford6571
@johncrawford6571 8 лет назад
+Eric Schade I am out of the loop on this. There is going to be another narrow gauge start up soon? Would like to keep hearing about this. Any scoops on it? How big it will be? Where it goes? Websites? Etc. Anything you can sling out to us would be cool! John
@WinneganceandQuebec
@WinneganceandQuebec 8 лет назад
+John Crawford I asked for more info. It seems that Brian was given the (derelict) rolling stock by the Maine Narrow Gauge and will restore it and loan it to any narrow gauge who would like to have it. I don't think he has any plans for a new track.
@johncrawford6571
@johncrawford6571 8 лет назад
+Eric Schade Bummer! Well, I am happy for the equipment getting restored, anyway. :) Thanks for the share!
@Deadbuck73
@Deadbuck73 4 года назад
Who is Brian?
@raymondleggs5508
@raymondleggs5508 3 года назад
Russia iron boiler jacket?
@o484
@o484 8 лет назад
Outstanding work!
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