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Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum

Verified organization (us)alna, ME, United States Website
4 campaigns 1069 contributions received $190,096 raised Member since March 2016
“Rebuilding Maine History” Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington (WW&F) Railway was a two-foot “narrow” gauge common carrier railroad that operated from 1894 until 1933. The line ran from Wiscasset in the south, to Albion and Winslow in the north, never making it to either Waterville or Farmington. The Great Depression brought about the railroad’s scrapping in 1937. The WW&F Railway Museum was founded in 1989 to restore and rebuild the original railroad. Since then we’ve restored 2.5 miles of railroad, rebuilt several original railroad cars, and are restoring a steam locomotive. Today you can climb aboard our train for a ride back in time.

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Build 11 - Building Steam in 2021 - Help Rebuild Maine History!

The WW&F Railway seeks your support to build locomotive #11 - a reconstruction of the road's original #7, scrapped in the 1930's. This project will teach long-lost industrial skills, and provide a new steam locomotive to further the museum's mission.

$8,734 raised of $50k goal
36 Weeks left
The 21 Campaign: Watch your money go up in smoke!

WW&F Railway Museum: Rebuilding Maine History The WW&F Railway Museum of Alna has launched an audacious campaign to finance not one but two new boilers for its steam locomotives; thus recreating the history of Maine's unique "two-footer" railroads.

$141,889 raised of $130k goal
5 Years running
Build 11 - 2020 Vision - Help Rebuild Maine History!

The WW&F Railway seeks your support to build locomotive #11 - a reconstruction of the road's original #7, scrapped in the 1930's. This project will teach long-lost industrial skills, and provide a new steam locomotive to further the museum's mission.

$24,399 raised of $17k goal
Finished January 10, 2021
Narrow Bridge Ahead!

WW&F Railway Museum: Rebuilding Maine History The WW&F Railway Museum of Alna is reconstructing an historic Howe Pony Truss box covered bridge that was formerly located along the Boston and Maine Railroad in Gorham, NH.

$15,074 raised of $50k goal
Finished November 28, 2018