Bridgton & Saco River #7 (Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum)
Operated out of Portland, Maine is the Naime Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum. This operation uses original two-foot gauge equipment from various railroads of Maine's history.
Recently restored to service is Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T #7. This Forney type engine was used for the B&SR (later Bridgton & Harrison) from 1913 to 1933. It was used extensively at the Edaville Railroad in South Carver, MA from 1941 to the late 90s. It was brought back to Maine in the 2000s and went through a long restoration project. Number 7 finally returned to service in 2018.
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The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress, Aug. 8th, 2015 in Saco, Maine
A short excerpt of this amazing Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress performed Aug. 8th, 2015 at The Saco City Hall in Saco, Maine. This is a replica of a 19th Century painting which is housed at the Saco Museum. A replica was made because the original is too fragile to crank. Special thanks to Peter Morelli (a major force in making the whole project happen) for giving me permission to post some videos.
To learn more about this amazing feat, visit the website of the Saco Museum
There is also a book, newly published about this moving panorama: A Painter's Panorama: Narrative, Art and Faith in the Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress by Jessica Skwire Routhier, Kevin J. Avery and Thomas Hardiman Jr. Here is the Amazon link
To find out more about moving panoramas in general, visit The Crankie Factory's website thecrankiefactory.com
Biddeford - Saco Maine Mills
Ramada Saco
Welcome to the Ramada Saco, Maine. Stay Smart with the Ramada Saco/Old Orchard Beach/Biddeford. We are Saco's only Hotel & Conference Center featuring 4,000 square feet of meeting & conference space. Ramada invites you to enjoy our beautifully decorated and spacious guestrooms. Enjoy our deluxe Smart Start breakfast, seasonal outdoor heated pool, free in-room wired high speed Internet access, on site laundry facilities, free local calls, free daily newspaper, and so much more! Traveling on business or pleasure? Our hotel is located minutes away from the new Biddeford Crossing Shopping Center along with University of New England. The Maine Mall located in Portland is 10 miles North, and the World famous L.L. Bean Flagship Store & Freeport Outlets is 30 miles North, don t forget about the Kittery Outlets just 35 miles South of the hotel. While visiting the beautiful Southern Maine Coast enjoy some of our local Festivals throughout the season. Saco/Old Orchard/Biddeford offers Beaches, Golf, Ice Skating, X-Country Skiing, Amusement Parks, & Saco Museum. Visit Walker Point in Kennebunkport enjoying more shopping & fine dining.
Biddeford Maine Parade, Early 1950s
Converted 16mm Historical Reel Footage of a downtown parade in Biddeford, Maine, estimated to be in the early to mid 1950s. While this video has some family significance, I thought I'd share this with the community since there's not much out there like this.
My grandfather, Paul Delorge Senior, was a police Captain in this parade. Further, my great grandfather Edward Delorge owned and operated the Sunbeam Bakery in town, run under the name Ed Delorge's Baking Co. One of his delivery trucks is near the end of the video.
Some landmarks that you can make out in the video: the former Central Theatre where the police station is now, Jacque's Market next to what is now Alex Pizza (even before the Maine Cleaners, which isn't there any more), and M.H. Fishman Co on Main Street.
Video conversion by Video Creations, Kennebunk, ME.
Visit Portland Maine - Ride the Amtrak Downeaster Train
Portland is Maine's largest city, is extremely walkable, easy to get to from the Downeaster train station, and just over two relaxing hours from Boston.
Portland ME boasts several minor league sports franchises, dozens of galleries, a world-renowned art museum, professional theater, and venues for every kind of performance you can imagine.
Stroll Portland's cobbled waterfront streets, browse boutiques and antique shops, explore historic sites and museums, and enjoy some of the best restaurants in New England.
So ask yourself, why haven't you visited Portland yet? Thankfully Amtrak Downeaster can get you there, without the hassle of traffic, parking and other pains that come with driving! Visit Portland Maine.
Down the Mountain Oct 8 2018
October 8, 2018 - a work train traverses the Mountain Extension of the WW&F Railway Museum in Alna, Maine. All track shown was hand-laid in the prior 3 days by volunteers from all over the United States. Total track laid was 1430 feet.
The video starts just past Location 1 - which was the prior end of track, approximately 650 feet from the current end of public train service at the Top of the Mountain.
At 1:50, the train reaches The Slide, Location 4. The repair at this location required a significant amount of fill, where the former right-of-way washed away into the valley below.
At 2:30, Location 6, the Pinch Point is reached. This was the most significant repair needed along this stretch of track, where the line needed to be relocated and a retaining wall built, within 20 feet of Trout Brook, a protected waterway and in the midst of the conservation land of the Trout Brook Preserve. All repairs along the Mountain Extension were approved by federal, state, and local agencies.
The video ends as the new end of track is in sight. 900 feet further, the roadbed reaches the crossing of Trout Brook, where the relocated Moose Brook Bridge has been erected. Track will reach and cross the bridge in 2019, and public train service will begin down the mountain in 2021.
For your reference, there is a link to a map of the Mountain Extension in the comments below.
If you are interested in rebuilding Maine history, please join us. Visitors and new volunteers are always welcome. We'll see you on the narrow gauge!
B&SR #7 Test Run April 2018
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The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim's Progress - Introductory Video
A short overview of this remarkable 800-foot long painting from 1851, now in the collection of the Saco Museum in Saco, Maine.
Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington: Annual Picnic, 8-11-19
Nestled in the woods of Maine, steam hisses through the cylinders of locomotives, powering trains of the 2 foot gauge Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway. Operated from 1894 to 1933, scraped in 1937, and now ongoing a rebuilt under the administration of the WW&F Railway Museum since 1989, with 2.6 miles restored with facilities, an operational locomotive original to the museum's predecessor, and rolling stock. The line is full of history, and under the watchful eye of volunteers, provides one of the best looks into the Maine 2-Footers that can currently be offered.
Each year as a celebration of the continued success of the museum, a picnic is held, live music prototypical to the railway's time period, 2 trains available, one powered by WWFRy #9 pulling standard coaches, the second pulled by Monson #3, pulling a train incredibly reminiscent of some of the first trains pulled by the museum. A barbecue was also held at Sheepscot Station along with the display of the only parlor car ever made for the Maine 2 foot gauge railways: Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Rangeley.
More information about the history of this extraordinary railroad and it's current museum operations can be found using their website at:
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Saco Island Pedestrian Bridge Installation Timelapse
A multi-angle short time lapse video showing the September 24, 2014 installation of the Saco Island Pedestrian Bridge connecting Saco to Biddeford, Maine.
Everything Paranormal of New England investigates Saco Maine historical church 2nd visit
This was our 2nd visit to this great piece of history for Saco Maine. Watch the video the flashlight goes off while none is in the church and we got some great responses with the light in the paraish hall.
Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation: the Jones and Laughlin Narrow Gauge Railroad
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The Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation is located at 2261 Hubbard Road, Youngstown, OH 44505. Their mission statement is to preserve Youngstown area's steel industry history and heritage on their 1.2 acres of land.
58 was originally built by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co. by the H.K. Porter Company in 1937. It is a 23 0-4-0T with 15x16 cylinders, 33 drivers, a traction effort of 16,700 lbs, and in working order it weighs 93,000 lbs. It worked the J&L's Pittsburgh Works mill moving ingot trains around. In 2015, Youngstown Steel Heritage Founder and President, Rick Rowlands, purchased the locomotive from a private owner in Middlefield, OH. After a full restoration, J&L 58 ran once again on March 24, 2019. On select weekends, it gives rides to the public.
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Steam and Sleighs on the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway 2-17-19
In the late 1800s and into the early 1900s, Maine was once spanned by a web of steel rails, some being 4 feet, 8 and a half inches, the others being the 2 footers. Popularized at the turn of the century, the 2 foot narrow gauge railways were an exclusive breed, nowhere else in the country would you find an extensive 2 foot gauge system, but in Maine, they were almost as common as the standard gauge. With multiple railroads such as the Bridgton and Saco, Kennebec Central, Monson, Sandy Lakes and Rangeley, and Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington. The 2 footers brought rails where it wouldn't have been economical to run a standard gauge, and they served their communities and local industries well, running both extensive passenger and freight. Much of the railroads lasted into the Great Depression and even going into WWII before their right of ways were torn from the landscape, leaving only a selection of the equipment. Despite the rails being removed, nonprofit groups have taken on the task of restoring right of ways and even the facilities of old, the Sandy Lakes and Rangeley, and Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington are the two examples.
The Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington now operates as a museum, with original motive power and rolling stock, roaming the 4 miles of restored right of way from Sheepscot Station to Alna Center and to Top of the Mountain, volunteers keep the railroad in operation.
Seen here is one of their winter operations, their Steam and Sleighs event, with rides along the mainline to Alna Center, where horse drawn sleigh rides and hot chocolate is available, and to Top of the Mountain, where hiking trails are also available. To any rail enthusiast, this is a must visit destination, with railroad history just not present in the rest of the United States, enjoy the sights and sounds of the Maine 2 footers!
Taking an Old-Fashioned Ride on Maine's Historical Narrow Gauge Railway!
Seeking out new adventures in Maine on this very wet and cold day and we found The Narrow Gauge Railway! It was quaint and full of character and history. The ride was bumpy and loud and the lanterns on the walls shook as we traveled down the tracks at a modest speed but we would not change a thing because it made the experience authentic and that's exactly what we were hoping to find today.
The information on the railway's history I put in the video was taken from the Narrow Gauge Railway website where you can find more information on The Polar Express ride.
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History of the Trolley - Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
Brief history of the Trolley and how it changed the way people traveled, the start of parks, and more at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine (New England Electric Railway Historical Society).
HISTORICAL PLACES OF MAINE STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH
HISTORICAL PLACES OF MAINE STATE,U S A
1. FORT GORGES,PORTLAND 43°39'47.04N 70°13'17.06W
2. THOMAS HILL STANDPIPE,BANGOR 44°48'26.80N 68°46'58.45W
3. PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART,PORTLAND 43°39'13.33N 70°15'43.98W
4. SUNDAY RIVER SKY,NEWRY 44°27'58.48N 70°52'34.14W
5. FIRST PARISH,PORTLAND 43°39'30.79N 70°15'29.78W
6. FORT FOSTER,GERRISH ISLAND 43° 4'4.46N 70°41'33.17W
7. PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT,CAPE ELIZABETH 43°37'23.18N 70°12'28.93W
8. FORNSWORTH ART MUSEUM,ROCKLAND 44° 6'12.20N 69° 6'35.00W
9. FORT CONSTITUTION,NEW CASTLE ISLAND 43° 4'14.94N 70°42'39.45W (is in NEW HAMPSHIRE - BESIDE MAINE STATE)
10. CATHEDRAL OF PORTLAND 43°39'42.18N 70°15'17.02W
11. FORT KNOX,PROSPECT 44°33'58.23N 68°48'8.73W
12. CHURCH,BRUNSWICK 43°54'29.80N 69°57'42.70W
13. FORT MCCLARY,KITTERY POINT 43° 4'54.11N 70°42'33.05W
14. SUGARLOAF MOUNTAINS,CARRABASSETT VALLEY 45° 2'47.36N 70°18'41.18W
15. FORT EDGECOMB 43°59'38.41N 69°39'21.36W
16. FUNTOWN SPLASHTOWN,SACO 43°31'40.17N 70°25'49.30W
17. DEVIL SHAPED LAKE (CHEMO POND),EDDINGTON 44°49'34.87N 68°34'26.88W
18. FORT PHPHAM,PHIPPSBURG 43°45'15.20N 69°47'2.68W
19. OLD FORT WESTERN,AUGUSTA 44°18'57.43N 69°46'16.00W
20. WORLD'S LARGEST ROTATING GLOBE,YARMOUTH 43°48'28.57N 70° 9'48.83W
21. MAINE STATE HOUSE,AUGUSTA 44°18'25.94N 69°46'54.17W
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United States Gypsum Narrow Gauge Railroad Operations 12/18/18
Both narrow gauge DL-535E diesel locomotives were operating today. 111 pulled the gypsum train to the mine and back while 112 was switching in the yard.