Re: 24in Gauge Locomotives

Hi Evan,

In the small universe of the Maine Two-Foot railroads (common carrier), there are five surviving original steam locomotives:

WW&F No. 9 (= Sandy River RR No. 5 = Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR No. 6 = Kennebec Central RR No. 4), 0-4-4T built by Portland Co. in 1891 (C/N 622) - operational.

Monson RR No. 3, 0-4-4T built by Vulcan in 1912 (C/N 2093), owned by Maine Narrow Gauge but currently at the WW&F - operational.

Monson RR No. 4, 0-4-4T built by Vulcan in 1918 (C/N 2780), owned by Maine Narrow Gauge but currently stored at Maine Locomotive & Machine Works in Alna, ME.

Bridgton & Saco River RR No. 7, 2-4-4T built by Baldwin in 1913 (C/N 40864), owned by Maine Narrow Gauge in Portland, ME - operational.

Bridgton & Saco River RR No. 8, 2-4-4T built by Baldwin in 1924 (C/N 57659), owned by Maine Narrow Gauge in Portland, ME but soon to move to the WW&F for static display.


There are also two surviving steam locomotives from one of Maine's industrial two-footers, the S.D. Warren Co. paper mill railroad in Cumberland Mills, ME. These are both at the Boothbay Railway Village in Boothbay, ME:

S.D. Warren No. 1, 0-4-0T built by Baldwin in 1895 (C/N 14283) - static display.

S.D. Warren No. 2, 0-4-0T built by Baldwin in 1895 (C/N 14522) - operational.


The WW&F also owns a second steam locomotive, WW&F No. 10, an 0-4-4T built by Vulcan in 1904 (C/N 574) for the Belleview Plantation in Louisiana. This was originally a 30" gauge engine that was regauged to 24" by the Edaville RR. She is currently under overhaul (due to receive a new boiler) at the WW&F.

As for identifying other two-foot steam locomotives in the US, a good place to start would be steamlocomotive.info , or alternatively, J. David Conrad's famous two-volume steam locomotive directory from the 1980s (copies are still out there!). I suspect that most are actually European-built 60cm engines rather than 24" gauge per se.

-Philip Marshall



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