A very riveting scene.... As one of their colleagues moves to position a cherry-hot rivet in the smokebox of a narrow gauge locomotive, one of our "Rosies" positions herself to bu... (more)

We can do it! A group of female railroad workers pose for a War Bond campaign photo at the end of their workday in a Norfolk & Western railyard. With serious looks and a little bit of grea... (more)

Takin' 5. A pair of ladies employed as yard hands enjoy a brief break from the filthy task of cleaning up after an aging N&W M-Class Locomotive in late 1943. Who knows what topics these tw... (more)

Living history. During the dark years of World War II, America's industrial machine was perhaps its most critical weapon system, yet the workforce that made it run, which had historically b... (more)

Southbound on Davis Grade. WW&F #9 hauls a 7-car mixed train southbound at Davis Grade, just a quarter mile north of the Sheepscot Yard, which is the southern terminus of the current WW&F M... (more)

Side by side at TOM: A study in contrasts. WW&F Locomotive #9 and Monson Locomotive #3 sit side by side with their trains at Top of the Mountain, just over 7 miles north of Wiscasset, Maine... (more)

Winter in the Maine Woods. WW&F Locomotive #9 charges south with an afternoon passenger train, high above the icy Humanson Brook, en route to its destination, the seacoast town of Wiscasset... (more)

2-Engine Mixed. When trains became too heavy for just one 0-4-4T Forney Locomotive, several of Maine's 2-Foot operations would add a helper locomotive to the consist. Rather than double h... (more)

2-Engine Mixed. When trains became too heavy for just one 0-4-4T Forney Locomotive, several of Maine's 2-Foot operations would add a helper locomotive to the consist. Rather than double h... (more)

Pusher service. A young WW&F Brakeman watches from his post near the back platform of the last coach as WW&F #9 provides pusher service for his heavy mixed train on the northbound run to Al... (more)

Flag Stop: Alna Center. Like a lot of rural railroads in early 20th Century America, Maine's 2-foot operations were dotted with small, rural stations at which passenger and freight traffic ... (more)

Passing trains at Alna Center. From on board a southbound WW&F Mixed Train in the hole at Alna Center, we watch as a northbound mixed observes the red flag and slows for a station stop. W... (more)

Queenpost Turntable. The most recent addition to the infrastructure on the grounds of the WW&F Museum has also been one of the most impactful. In the fall of 2016, the volunteers construc... (more)

Two feet to the quarries. Maine's 6-mile Monson Railroad existed primarily to move slate from quarries in the Monson area to a connection with the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, where it coul... (more)

Slate haulers. The crew of Monson #3 waits patiently for their next move, as they bring a couple of empty slate flats to a quarry just outside the little town of Monson, Maine. Of course, ... (more)