The WW&F Museum's "Morse Engine House"
Featured for the very first time in an February, 2024 evening photo shoot, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum's 3-stall roundhouse is fast becoming the centerpiece of the organization's Sheepscot Yard in the town of Alna, Maine. This facility, named for long-time museum volunteers Fred and Sharron Morse, has been under construction since the summer of 2021 and will ultimately house a planned fleet of three steam locomotives. Although the exterior of the structure was literally completed on the day when this photo was captured, quite a bit of additional work remained before the structure could be completely operational. That work would include the construction of smoke jacks in the ceiling, some additional interior finishing and the installation of a heating system. On this particular evening, with a photo shoot underway, the museum crew elected to bring its own operational Locomotive #9 into the house, along with the inoperable, Monson Locomotive #4, to give everyone just a taste of what things will look like in the not-too-distant future.
The WW&F Museum's "Morse Engine House"
Featured for the very first time in an February, 2024 evening photo shoot, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum's 3-stall roundhouse is fast becoming the centerpiece of the organization's Sheepscot Yard in the town of Alna, Maine. This facility, named for long-time museum volunteers Fred and Sharron Morse, has been under construction since the summer of 2021 and will ultimately house a planned fleet of three steam locomotives. Although the exterior of the structure was literally completed on the day when this photo was captured, quite a bit of additional work remained before the structure could be completely operational. That work would include the construction of smoke jacks in the ceiling, some additional interior finishing and the installation of a heating system. On this particular evening, with a photo shoot underway, the museum crew elected to bring its own operational Locomotive #9 into the house, along with the inoperable, Monson Locomotive #4, to give everyone just a taste of what things will look like in the not-too-distant future.