An unprecedented event occurred on the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway on July 31st – August 1st. All, as in ALL of the remaining two-foot gauge locomotives in Maine were gathered together. Five in total, three in steam, for a photographer’s dream.
The following history was written by the WW&F Railway Museum and is used with permission.
The Historic WW&F Railway.
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway was one of fine common carrier two-foot gauge railway systems that served Maine during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The first two-footer was the Sandy River, opened in western Maine in 1879. The Wiscasset and Quebec (predecessor to the WW&F) was the last two-footer started, opening in 1895 between Wiscasset and Albion, Maine.
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