First trains since 1933: WW&F Mountain Extension opens

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Жыл бұрын

In August of 2022 the Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway opened up their "Mountain Extension" from Top of the Mountain north to Trout Brook Station in Alna, ME. August 6th was the grand opening celebration but the public trains did not run until August 13 during the Annual Picnic event. The following day a special photo charter ran the full length of the railroad with original equipment that once ran the same line back in the day. Unfortunately I was not present for the grand opening but was there on August 13 and 14 to film the first public trains to traverse the line since 1933. This video shows the ride on the first public passenger train at 10AM to Trout Brook then a number of runbys throughout the weekend. More footage to follow at a later date for both events as well as of the ongoing projects on the WWF.
The original railroad was abandoned and removed in 1933 but the WW&F volunteers worked tirelessly to reopen this stretch of railroad for visitors to enjoy for years to come. To learn more about the WW&F visit their website: www.wwfry.org/
August 2022
Alna, ME
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@georgecarter838 Жыл бұрын

Congrats are in order to all the volunteers in bringing back a railroad that everyone thought was gone for good. You guys and gals keep up the amazing work!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@WWFRailway Жыл бұрын

Excellent coverage. Thanks for being a part of our celebration!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting the event together for all to enjoy! I’ve already been a few times but I’ll definitely be coming back more often!

@danielfantino1714 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for that great footage. No narration, just pure joy of sound of heyday. When we almost stall while filming from head end, i almost stand and detrain from my couch to cut on weight. Minus geotextile, we where back in 1923 with scale speed and track imperfections !! Just wonder how was the roadbed before work begin ? Armstrong turntable or turntable for strong arms ? May be the latter....

@WWFRailway 11 ай бұрын

@@danielfantino1714 The roadbed had not seen a train since 1933, rails were removed by 1937, and was used as a logging road occasionally until the bridge over Trout Brook was impassible by the 1960s. Major sections were washed out and it was completely overgrown and reforested by the time we started restoring the route in 2017.

@danielfantino1714 11 ай бұрын

@@WWFRailway thanks for your fast answer. Luckily roadbed stayed untouched. You did fantastic job with your crew. Be proud. You were lucky that covid came first. So many organisations suffered from years of shut down and fresh cash. Steam operations are hard. In narrow gauge world even worst. We all have to thanks the original Edaville. Without him (forgot its name for its cranberries farm) nothing would have survived. And Lowe´s doesn´t sell much Mason Bogie. A bit smaller and you fall in live steamer world. Wrapping the bridge was to protect it from éléments i suppose. Sort of cheaper covered bridge. Impressive work you did. Hope for the best.

@WWFRailway 11 ай бұрын

@@danielfantino1714 We did the final work to open the extension during the height of the pandemic (and set us back one year.) The bridge IS a "covered bridge" - but a now-rare design as only the sides are covered, rather than also protecting the bridge deck with a roof. This is called a "boxed pony" covered bridge and is one of only 5 the survive in the United States. That is why it was rescued by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges when it was burned in its original location on a Boston and Maine RR branch in Gorham, NH, then ultimately reconstructed for use on the WW&F. And Edaville was named after its founder, Ellis D. Atwood, and his initials EDA - EDAville. The turntable at Trout Brook was at Edaville, having come originally from the Bridgton & Saco River RR.

@kylependleton1987 Жыл бұрын

SOMEDAY... I HOPE TO SEE THE TRACKS EXTEND SOUTH,218, PAST THE STATION ,BEHIND MY HOUSE AGAIN!!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@FoxIslandRailroadCo 11 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing!! Love seeing Jay put 7 to work. 🔥

@SouthCoastRailVideos 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@GTown054 Жыл бұрын

Love those trains🚂 man great job filming.💯😎👍🏼

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@henryjewell3900 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for this fine video. Very nice!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@garyruxton5226 Жыл бұрын

At 19:12 now that's the beautiful sound that can't be outdone except maybe the Eureka up the grade of Silverton & Durango.

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 Жыл бұрын

Awesome footage 👏

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@garymessina1609 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@poowg2657 Жыл бұрын

Wow, talk about an armstrong turntable. Needs the big handles like most manual tables have and a larger center bearing would help too. Looks like a great place and thanks for the video.

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@brianfalzon6739 Жыл бұрын

Congrats and great news!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@svetlanarudovsky1624 Жыл бұрын

WOW✨ Beautiful ✨🚂🚃🚃💐🌹🌹✨♥️♥️✨💯👍✨💌✨

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@robo113603 Жыл бұрын

Scenery reminds me of Puffing Billy, here in the Dandenong ranges of Victims, Australia

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@shortliner68 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the equipment representing other Maine 2-footers as well - B&SR, SR&RL, and WW&F predecessor W&Q. Wonder if they any cars lettered for the Monson RR? Pretty neat that the original right-of-way was still undeveloped and could be reopened.

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no Monson railcars were preserved. Despite that two locomotives from MRR were saved and #4 is currently stored/on display at WWF Alna. #3 is operational and currently stored at Edaville Railroad.

@danielfantino1714 11 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos with lenght of 6 miles, that something survived is phenomenal !!

@alcopower5710 Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see this ✌️

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@raymondleggs5508 Жыл бұрын

Wooop! Wooop!

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kenwoodbury1888 Жыл бұрын

South Coast Rail Videos has become my favorite rail video producer. I was really excited to see that you were doing a WW&F video. You did not disappoint. Thank you. With all the videos that you've shot in SE Ma and RI, what are the chances of shooting the Seaview? Having never seen them, it would be awesome to catch them in action. Again, thank you for another great video.

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Hi, I actually have a couple Seaview videos up already if you scroll back to last year and 2017. I do plan to make another soon when their new customer opens up. Thank you!

@davidmattos8060 Жыл бұрын

Did #9 run in Carver Ma.?

@TrainBandit Жыл бұрын

How many miles do these locos go before they need to take on water

@jockellis Жыл бұрын

Well done. Where did the track come from, and where did the forum go?

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

The track came from various sources. The rail was salvaged a while back from I believe Louisiana or another state. The ties are actually wood highway guard rail posts. As for the forum, I do not know. I assume the museum would have that for other projects.

@trailwayt9H337 Жыл бұрын

Sir. Feeling is similarly to a Beautifull train journey through on narrow gauge railway 👍👍❤️❤️ I am from.. India 🇮🇳

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@swamppy4880 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video.Did that turntable come from Edaville in Carver ma.?

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was originally the B&SR table that later went to Edaville

@Deadbuck73 Жыл бұрын

Love that there’s parts of Edaville still out there! Edaville was our childhood here in SE Mass. When they closed and parts went north we didn’t understand that they weee really just going home. Glad to see it all living on!

@rottenroads1982 8 ай бұрын

In the end, Narrow Gauge Railways/Railroads are Cool. Wether they be in the US, the UK, or in Australia, they are all very cool.

@SouthCoastRailVideos 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@csrrjefflloyd6496 Жыл бұрын

What was the wooden structure the train went through?

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

It is a covered wood truss bridge

@csrrjefflloyd6496 Жыл бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos Ok Thanks. Not used to seeing bridges of this sort without a roof.

@williamh.jarvis6795 Жыл бұрын

Seldom do you see a "covered bridge without the roof" around much anymore. One such road structure still exists (albeit, it is now closed and bypassed) is the Russell Hill Road bridge, seemingly, it's quite well preserved as well, spanning the Blood Brook west of Wilton, NH and, is clearly visible being next to NH Route 101. Checking it out from underneath one February, back when the brook was low and ice covered I noted that the truss structure, covered with only its sides, was a Town Lattice design.

@csrrjefflloyd6496 Жыл бұрын

@@williamh.jarvis6795 Thanks.

@WWFRailway Жыл бұрын

@@williamh.jarvis6795 There are only six "boxed pony" covered bridges left in North America.

@mahmoodQureshikohatiPakistan Жыл бұрын

Good train 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁👍👍👍🧑‍💼new best friend

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@happyhome41 Жыл бұрын

Hard to tell from the map -- one mile of track ?

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

About 3/4 miles

@happyhome41 Жыл бұрын

Read on their website “2.6 miles”. Don’t know what all they’re counting

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

@@happyhome41 The entire line is now 3.5. The part this video shows is 3/4 of a mile. They probably still need to update the website since the line extension is brand new.

@happyhome41 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you.

@WWFRailway Жыл бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos Yep. Now fixed. 🙂

@MatthewBerginGarage Жыл бұрын

Good vid. but it drove me a little crazy that the brake wheel handle was on upside down. 🤓🙄

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Marbleheadjed 10 ай бұрын

Is that narrow gauge

@SouthCoastRailVideos 10 ай бұрын

2 ft gauge

@MatecaCorp Жыл бұрын

Good video, but that track work is atrocious

@SouthCoastRailVideos Жыл бұрын

Why is that?

@danielfantino1714 11 ай бұрын

@@SouthCoastRailVideos i don´t agree. May be i´m wrong but i doubt these generally poor railroads, that finally failed and shut down, with "short" distances had superb trackwork. I´m pretty sure that you´re prototypical. Everything was done by hand and shovels. Their track was probably far more bumpy. And being not standard gauge, hard to borrow one from neighbor railroad or contractor.