Maine Narrow Gauge Day Trip

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A day trip to 2 narrow gauge lines in Maine...
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum in Portland
- Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway in Alna
Disappointingly, the locomotive in Portland had boiler problems and was awaiting recertification so I didn't stop long there before continuing up to Alna for the WW&F where I road 2 trains.
The railway was heavily traffic'ed due to the Lavender Pickin’ Dinnertime Trains to SeaLyon Farm. It was really great to see and even with the rain people appeared to be very happy with the experience.
00:00 Short disappointing stop at the MNGR
01:09 WW&FR
02:10 Heading up the line
03:33 Straight through Alna Center
04:20 At the Top of the Mountain people got off for the Lavender excursion
05:16 Uncoupling and running around
06:58 Next to the smokebox
07:30 Running around at Sheepscot Station
09:05 Parlor Car and such inside the shed
09:47 The new engine shed foundations
10:14 Switching out the open car for rain protection
11:19 Second run up the mountain

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8 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 17

@railbuddy8372 Год назад

cool trip friend...great captures....nice vdo...greetings from India!!!

@trainadventure7170 Год назад

Great video! Really nice shots.

@CZR1951 Год назад

With all do respect, those were some strange hand signs making that hook. But still a cool video..

@HuwJones Год назад

Ha…I rewatched the video and I see what you mean. I’m guessing whatever gets it done. They are definitely getting more organized / professional in their operation but part of what makes this line so great is it’s smallness and that it’s not yet fully formed.

@gronmic 2 года назад

Nice job!

@peterkordziel7047 2 года назад

What ever happened to the number 5 S,R&R L engine that lived in Connecticut in a shed on Alice R,s property?

@traingame2.053 2 года назад

That locomotive is Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington railway 9. Same engine.

@wayneboulier6107 Год назад

I would like a ride on this train

@GarethJonesPilipala 3 года назад

Is that the original Carrabassett parlour car at 9.05?

@HuwJones 3 года назад

No. This was the SR&RL’s parlor car No. 9, Rangely which was not as fancy as the Carrabasset I believe. www.narrowgauge.iform.com.au/parlor-9.html

@allanegleston4931 2 года назад

ive been having issues posting and people seeing my posts , here goes . is many of the equipment from edaville ? or other places ? thanks

@HuwJones Год назад

yes...some of the old stuff came up from edaville. most of it is original to the Maine lines back in the day and that made it's way down to edaville. thanks for watching and commenting.

@jorgesabater8640 Год назад

Can I join to play?

@HuwJones Год назад

Tickets are cheap. Just show up! Or you can just hang around the depot like I often do just watching the trains come and go 😊

@jareddeemee8582 Год назад

If a millionaire wanted to build one of these do you know how much the carts would cost and cost of building the rail per mile?

@HuwJones Год назад

Based on the Appleton Survey done in 1878 for the SR&RL a number of $1500 per mile was estimated. Counting for inflation that's in the range of $50k per mile in todays money. Those early estimates were notoriously inaccurate.

@eliaslundstedt5607 Год назад

@@HuwJones Well if you had like a million or 2 set aside for building a railway, and you are a big railway nerd, and a milionare, you probably have some land or something, you could build a quite extravagant little narrow gauge railway, with a track lenght of however much fits on your land, and buy several engiens and a few cars