The Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington is a local tourist steam operation based in Alna, ME. They are truly unique in many aspects. For starters, their locomotive #9 is the last surviving two foot ... (more)

Wiscasset before dawn. It's a frigid early morning wake-up call in the yard in Wiscasset, Maine as crews from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway prepare their locomotives for pa... (more)

Hunting season on the Sandy River Line. Maine's Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes system was a conglomeration of several smaller railroads, notably the Sandy River Railroad, the Phillips & Range... (more)

Just another day in the Sheepscot Yard. A WW&F "Director's Special" train is heading over to the water tank in the Sheepscot Yard, as a railroad official pulls alongside in his Mo... (more)

Sheepscot Valley narrow gauge. The north wind is whipping and the air is frigid as officials from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway ride the varnish on a "Director's Speci... (more)

Waking up the Sheepscot Valley. Just past 7AM on a mid-winter morning, the residents of Maine's Sheepscot Valley awaken to the staccato exhaust beats of a narrow gauge mixed train as it mak... (more)

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington 9, a 24" gauge 0-4-4, recently completed an extensive rebuild that lasted nearly a decade. This little steam engine is showing off as a result, with a high... (more)

A little fall color at Trout Brook. A little fall color is in evidence as Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Locomotive #9 charges through the boxed pony truss bridge over Trout Bro... (more)

Trout Brook Turn. Crew members from the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum turn their Locomotive #9 on the little turntable at Trout Brook Station, assisted by a couple of pa... (more)

Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington workhorse #9 sits outside the engine terminal with a mixed freight consist. This location will serve as the temporary boarding location for trips until renova... (more)

Handle with care: A "high profile" load on the WW&F - Part 8. Here's a north-facing aerial, showing how WW&F #9 has positioned the flat holding the shelter at the end of the indus... (more)

Handle with care: A "high profile" load on the WW&F - Part 7. Having arrived at its destination at Top of the Mountain, our train begins the switching moves required to park the l... (more)

Handle with care: A "high profile" load on the WW&F - Part 5. With the North Yard Switch now behind them, the special train heads for the Yard Limit sign ahead. It will stop up a... (more)

Handle with care: A "high profile" load on the WW&F - Part 4. The last major obstacle which posed a serious clearance problem for the transport of the shelter building was the She... (more)

Handle with care: A "high profile" load on the WW&F - Part 3. Beginning her slow crawl through the Sheepscot Yard, WW&&F #9 passes a second idler flat and Caboose 320, which can b... (more)