As the locomotives are turned...

Unfortunately, the turntable at Trout Brook is not fully settled and adjusted yet. As such, even shifting locomotive #7 (33 tons) between two adjacent tracks currently requires the effort of several people, aided by a come-along. A full 180 spin of #7 is not going to be occurring at Trout Brook anytime soon.

We have successfully spun WW&F #9 (18 tons) on the Trout Brook turntable, but it took some effort. Eventually we will start operating the railroad with the locomotive facing the direction of travel, but likely not for the Annual Picnic next weekend. For the photo special on 8/14, the locomotive (and train) will face North during the morning (and feature photo locations between Sheepscot and Top of Mountain) and face South during the afternoon (and feature the mountain extension, as it has been requested that the lighting on the mountain will be more favorable in the afternoon.)

Paul Hallett, former CMO at Edaville (where this turntable resided between carriers at the B&SR and WW&F) noted that only one or two people were needed to spin the table there, even when turning locomotive #8. That said, they rarely (if ever) spun the locomotives 180 degrees - the table was only used to access the machine shop and a few storage tracks.

Ed Lecuyer
Trainmaster, WW&F Railway Museum
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