Narrow Gauge Railroad Connecting Maine's Small Towns

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Narrow Gauge Railroad Connecting Maine's Small Towns

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NEWS CENTER Maine

4 жыл бұрын

The cheaper and more narrow railroad helped smaller communities connect.

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@WWFRailway 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for featuring us on 207! You are all welcome back any time to enjoy the Narrow Gauge!

@hunterneitzel3012 3 жыл бұрын

These railways have existed since the 1880s, and it's good to know that legacy is kept alive, 90 years after the roads replaced them

@gregwarner3753 3 жыл бұрын

This is a fascinating place for everyone. We try to get there at least once a year. A definite must for machine freaks. Just the idea of going through the woods powered by burning rocks is amazing. During this time of Covid call them for schedules.

@CymruJedi 3 жыл бұрын

This is so great, would love to visit one day

@beboboymann3823 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great story. I did not know a two foot gauge RR existed. I would plan a side trip to see it for sure.

@jacquesblaque7728 Жыл бұрын

Started with the Billerica & Bedford in Ma. Went broke not much later. Then others started up, like the W,W & F, Sandy River etc. There are books on the Maine 2-Footers. Expense of transloading by hand made them impractical, it's not like swapping cars with standard-gauge roads. Then came cars & trucks.

@ziggy3237 3 жыл бұрын

“Aren’t the easiest or fastest…” Then why are there millions of miles of tracks, thousand of freight trains running day in and day out, 4 major US railways each with thousands of employees, privately owned and rented rail cars, and refrigerator making companies capitalizing big time on the production of locomotives? The military are the only ones transporting freight domestically by air in the United States, aside from small fleets of FedEx(Federal Express) and UPS(United Parcel Service) MD-11’s and A320’s. Even with Semi Trucks, it’s likely the most direct and efficient way to transport goods domestically. The rest of this video is awesome, but the intro could use some revisions.

@fortcrafterbossbehold9027 2 жыл бұрын

I think they from the perspective of passenger transport...

@romanrat5613 Жыл бұрын

@@fortcrafterbossbehold9027 modern passenger transport really is easiest and fastest with high speed rail (easiest as in efficiency, not construction)

@ericlotze7724 Жыл бұрын

@@romanrat5613 *Narrow Gauge Maglev When*

@towcat Жыл бұрын

May not ne easiest or fastest, but it is the most efficient

@zoonpolitikon14 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome, I hope to visit and ride the trains this summer!

@WWFRailway 4 жыл бұрын

You would be most welcome! Find us at 97 Cross Road, Alna, Maine. We're also always looking for new volunteers to help us rebuild Maine history.

@smedleyfarnsworth263 Жыл бұрын

@@WWFRailway I was there nine years ago from Australia, thanks for the ride and the history.

@Narrowgaugefilms 4 жыл бұрын

I get what they are saying: I've been going there maybe every other year since 2002. With time it felt less and less like a ride and more like we were on a train headed someplace. This isn't even telling the whole story here. If you went there as recently as the mid 1980s, there was nothing there. The original line was scrapped in the 1930s and there was nothing left there but a weedy path. You go there today you find a fully functional early 20th Century railroad in far above average condition. It's tempting to call it a small miracle, but truth be told it's not that small!

@abrr2000 3 жыл бұрын

This is what we in the UK, call a preservation railway. Museums are where engines go to become static exibets. This is a historic railroad preserved in opporation by vollunteers. Better than a standard preservation railway, it's still an oporational freight carrying railway. Stop calling it a museum. Call it what it is, and start marketing the hell out of it to tourists, using phrazes like... "Come visit our unique preserved and opporational historic railroad. Experience what it was like back in the fronteer days with genuine period rail cars running through the rustic forrests... etc." Hell, I'm sure there are international train people who would love to have a ride on a genuine USA narrow gauge railway. I would. I thought they'd all gone extinct.

@bryceweeks7685 3 жыл бұрын

It is indeed a "preservation railway" but it is also a museum aswell, we have some static displays on campus. We do not carry freight, we are a "tourist line" as we survive off of tourism, but we are a functional railroad museum above all else. By all means if you have the time and money come over and ride and talk to some of our members! We welcome everyone! We have members world wide and people come from world wide to ride. We do restoration and rebuild projects as well as "whole new projects" such as rebuilding a 2-4-4T locomotive from drawings as the actual locomotive was scrapped in the 30s. Check out all of our projects on Facebook.

@SmallTown_Studio 2 жыл бұрын

Over here stateside, we call them that too, but some of us like calling them "Heritage Railways"