Waiting on the Christmas Train. A small group of hardy Mainers brave a December snowstorm as they await the arrival of a northbound WW&F Christmas Train at the tiny flag stop in Alna Center... (more)

Top Ten of 2016. With the year almost over, here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from 2016.
5. One of my favorite places to visit is the ever-expanding 2-foot emp... (more)

Departing Sheepscot. The snow continues to fall on the tiny hamlet of Sheepscot in the town of Alna, Maine, as WW&F Locomotive #9 makes yet another trip north toward Alna Center, with a loa... (more)

Taking an ice-cold drink on an ice-cold day. During a brief break between the Christmas Trains to Alna Center, Fireman Wes Carpenter tops the cistern on the 1891-vintage WW&F Locomotive #9 ... (more)

Merry Christmas from Maine! On Saturday, December 17th, 2016, the WW&F Museum ran its 16th Annual Victorian Christmas celebration. This event features free train rides, visits to Santa Cl... (more)

A Mainstay of North American Railroading

With all the changes in railroading over the last few decades, more and more "railroady" items - such as searchlight signals, marke... (more)

Bellying Up to the Bar

Even on a cool, misty Maine morning, Wiscasset; Waterville & Farmington #9 is a thirsty beast. Prior to the first passenger run of the day, steam swirls aroun... (more)

Out of the Mists of the Past

Wiscasset; Waterville & Farmington 2'-gauge 0-4-4 #9 has just taken on a load of coal, and is backing down to pick up the two passenger cars for today's ... (more)

Steam and Steel

... but it also takes a human to make a locomotive come "alive" and do what it was designed to do. As steam swirls around and through the cab on a cool and... (more)

Stretching Its Legs After a Rebuilding

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington #9, a 24" gauge 0-4-4, recently completed an extensive rebuild that lasted nearly a decade. This littl... (more)

Yes, the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway ceased operation way back in 1933. Everybody knows that.

But what not everyone knows, a little bit of it survived. As a child and as an adult... (more)

WW&F's No. 9's steam dynamo in action.

I have waited 55 years to see a Maine 2 foot gauge railroad alive and in steam. It was worth the wait. Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington 0-4-4 No.9 brings it home in Alna, Maine.

Brakeman Bill Baskerville surveys his train from the rear platform of caboose No. 320. He is rolling southbound near Rosewood Crossing on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, a reconstructed 2 ... (more)

In the chill of a Maine evening long ago, just when the loons started their spooky song on the lake, you heard the equally haunting sounds of a machine, far off yet coming. Closer it came, the sou... (more)