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For Steam Sunday here's another from my recent visit to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum.
This Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum is a special place that I've been remiss in visiting only one prior time despite it being relatively close. Since my GF and I had plans to be in Portland for the weekend for a Christmas party we were less than an hour away and it just so happened to be one of the three weekends they were operating their Victorian Christmas Train to the outdoor Christmas Market at Sea Lyon Farm.
With seven sold out departures every 40 min between 10 AM and 2 PM the little 24 inch gauge railroad was busy! I didn't have reservations but after getting up there to photograph a few trains around the Sheepscot Yard I was told that if we waited we might be able to get on the last run at 2 PM. And true to their word they let us grab a couple tickets and amazingly we had the cupola seats in caboose number 320 to ourselves both directions. The market was fabulous and we enjoyed some food by the fire and came home with some goodies and gifts from the many talented local artisans set up.
The five two foot narrow gauge systems are undoubtedly what makes the state of Maine unique in the annals US rail history. Though the original lines were all abaondoned well before the mid 20th century mark they have captivated historians and railfans ever since. Furthermore, thanks to Ellis D. Atwood's Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts an inordinate amount of the dimunitive equipment survived to captivate generations of young New England Railfans, me among them.
This particular railroad was chartered as the Wiscassett and Quebec and opened in 1895. At its peak it stretched only 58 miles never coming close to Quebec. Even after being reorganized after the turn of the century as the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington it was still unable to attain even those two more modest goals in its new name.
Abandoned in 1933 the line has been being rebuilt with more than three and a half miles in place and more on the way. In addition to meticulously recreated modern structures, some original WW&F artifacts are now here including an original section house, an original W&Q boxcar and coach (both dating from 1894), an original WW&F flat from 1912 and of course locomotive number 9.
Here's a timeless scene at the Alna Center depot, MP 6.4 (as measured from the historic south end of the line at Wiscasset harbor) about 1.5 miles north of Sheepscot and as far as these Christmas trains run. WW&F number 9 is departing south shoving the three car train as they pass the tiny station and a gorgeously restored Ford pickup (I'm not a car guy so of anyone knows year and model please let me know). This 0-4-4T locomotive was built by the Portland Company in 1891 for another of Maine's two foot pikes, the Sandy River Railroad. Successor Sandy River & Rangely Lakes sold her in 1924 to the Kennebec Central where she ran for less than a decade before being sold once again in 1933 to the WW&F in its last year before abandonement.
The dimutive little engine seemed destined for a scrapper’s torch like the rest of the railroad but fate intervened in 1937 when she was purchased by Frank Ramsdell and transported to his farm in West Thompson, Connecticut. The locomotive would remain there in a barn for more than six decades until Frank's daughter Alice passed away. It was sold in 1995 by its new owner, Dale King who was Alice’s nephew and migrated home to begin a restoration process that would last two decades. Number 9 made her return to service in 2016, roughly 80 years since she last ran on her own power and today operates regularly over three and a half miles of line resurrected from the Maine woods.
To plan a trip of your own here check out the museum's site.
And to learn more find a copy of the December 2025 issue of Trains Magazine for a great in depth article on this remarkable place and all they have achieved and what they have planned for the future.
This is a truly special special place, and I want to share one little personal tidbit. Those who know me know I have a huge library of railroad books more than 30 years in the making and worth tens of thousands of dollars. But you know what the very first railroad book that began my collection was? A copy of Big Dreams and Little Wheels that I picked up as a kid from a shelf at LL Bean in Freeport while shopping with my folks on the way to Bar Harbor. This little softcover volume by Ruby Crosby Wiggin was published in 1971 as a history of the WW&F, and I remember reading it in our camper somewhere down east and being utterly captivated....and from then on I had big dreams of railroading some day too...
Alna, Maine
Saturday December 13, 2025
La Taurus di InRail E190.312 soprannominata "Tea" è ripresa in transito nelle campagne lodigiane con un treno omogeneo di tramogge Transcereales dall'Emilia per la Francia.
When a sunset doesn't go quite to plan, take time a stop a have a little "Quiet Time" you'll be surprised what you can find. I love the softness and simplicity of this shot, no heavy colours just subtle ones and some haze thrown in for good measure.
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- The last exposure before turning off the camera at Hvaler, southern coast of Norway.
Just finished with a series during sunset, I almost didn`t bother when finding this scene on the trail to my car. Well, I could not resist creating something special that night and one thing led to another.
It turned out to be one of my favorites during the whole night.
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Blue flowers found in a park in Warrnambool, Victoria.
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For 123 Pictures in 2023 #1 "Once u[on a time" -
Once upon a time there were three bowls of posole. One was very hot, one was too mild, and one was just right. So I ate all three.
Posole is a stew of pork, chile, and corn kernels that have been soaked in an alkaline solution (this would be the actual posole). The name is an Aztec word for this type of corn, and the dish's origins go back to the Aztec empire. Now it is commonly served in the American Southwest, particularly New Mexico, where this recipe comes from. For me it is a New Years Day tradition. The ingredients are pork tenderloin, onion, canned hominy (the modern version of posole kernels), three types of red chile, cumin, oregano, and chicken stock.
handing out some raw hamburger...I am their favorite human at this moment. : )
photo taken by my husband
Photographed through a window pane in a decoration shop, in which an old-style street lamp is reflected.
A number of common zebras are seen here in line making their way home in some lovely evening light after a day out in the savannah. Alas I can't identify the wonderful tree they are passing.
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visiting the grave of a friend at an old hidden jewish emetery in the Taunus montains - and enjoying life and spring around this wonderful burial place...
Wolgang Lauinger was persecuted during Nazi times due to jewish roots, and persecuted in early post-war Germany as a homosexual man... and he fighted for full rehabilitation - which he did not receive! - and for equal human rights up to his biblical age of 99.
my honour to a fine, warmhearted man and an unbreakable democrat!
May the Light of the Eternal and Holy One shine on you!
Too bad I lost all my hebrew knowledge, which my mother taught me by Johann Gottfried Herders Book "The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry"... so I was not able to read or translate the wors on his burial stone.
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Cave: www.deviantart.com/malleni-stock/art/Malaysia-Stock-092-6...
With all that's been happening, we need some calm and peaceful time to ourselves and reflect. We are all here for such a short time, why is there so much hatred? Sigh 😥.
Have a great Sunday dear friends.
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I love spending time in my garden photographing the dragonflies, it's amazing how tolerant they are if you take a little time to inch closer. I'll be adding quite a few to fill my album so enjoy but no pressure to fav or comment!
It's harvest time here in the Palouse, and farmers are out racing against the sun to get all their crops in.
European Otter - Lutra Lutra
Young Male - Nick
Oban Scotland
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