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The WW&F Railway Museum

July 12, 2000 04:58PM
Some of you may be wondering about WW&F #9, #10, and W&Q Coach 3, so let me provide some background information.
WW&F #9 is better known by many people as SR&RL #6. It was built in 1891 by the Portland Company (#622), for the Sandy River Railroad. The SRRR gave it #5. During the consolidation to the SR&RL, it was renumbered to 6. The SR&RL sold #6 to the Kennebec Central in 1924, where it acquired the number 4. The KC shut down in 1928, where #4 sat until 1933 when the WW&F bought it to augment its aging locomotive fleet. It ran several times until June 13, when it was sidelined for a broken tender frame member. The railroad shut down just two days later when #8 nosed over the bank. Fortunately, #9 was saved by some railfans from Connecticut, one of which was Frank Ramsdell. Frank, and his daughter Alice, held onto the engine until her death in 1994. We were lucky enough to lease the engine from her heirs in 1995.
#9 is, by the way, the oldest surviving Maine two-footer engine, and is possibly the oldest two-foot gauge engine in the US.
#9 has been semi-operational, under compressed air. However the boiler is uncomfortably thin for the insurance company, so we will reboiler her and give her another 60+ years lease on life. We are currently negotiating with the owner for new lease terms.
WW&F #10 may be better known by others as Edaville #5. It is a 1904 Vulcan locomotive, built as a 30" gauge Louisiana sugar plantation engine. It was sold to Edaville about 1959, and regauged, and used in an amusement park. We bought the engine last year.
W&Q Coach #3 was built in 1894, and sold in 1909-ish to the Bridgton & Saco River RR. This coach lasted until Ellis Atwood bought all that equipment and took it to Massachussetts. The Edaville RR had it until 1992, after which Maine Narrow Gauge brought it back to Maine.
Our next steam-up is August 12 & 13, for our Annual Picnic.
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Narrow-er gauge

G. W. Laepple July 11, 2000 05:01PM

The WW&F Railway Museum

James C Patten July 12, 2000 04:58PM

Re: Narrow-er gauge

G. W. Laepple July 13, 2000 11:54AM



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