Some photos from today.
Engine house progress here, and
J&S truck rebuild progress here.
The rest of the photos, in random order.
Two trains were run today. WW&F No. 9 handled the first class train, while No. 52 handled second class.
Engineer Dana Deering and fireman Bill Piche prepared and operated No. 9. I thought I saw Dana earlier with a bottle of Catawissa Moxie preparing for the day, before this photo.
Second class train conductor James Patten (right) with Railway president Dave Buczkowski.
James, with mighty clean gloves, discussing the day's operations with No 52's engineer Bill Baskerville.
The first train of the day led by No. 52 left Sheepscot at 10 a.m. Here is a view of the Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club exhibit with the first northbound train stopped at Alna Center.
Carlos Steinke served as brakeman on No. 52's train. Here he is, riding 52 during the run-around move at Top of Mountain.
No. 52's train, assembled at Top of Mountain for the return trip back to Sheepscot. The cars are flat No. 118 (with the new benches) and caboose 320.
I don't know who put together this sign (it appears it was produced a while ago) that was displayed on No. 118 today.
And we had a stash of umbrellas available on the car during the sunny summer day. I did see passengers using them. What a seemingly small but brilliant touch sharing the railway's history.
Dan Malkowski (left) served as No. 9's conductor. Here he is with Bob Longo this morning.
No. 9's first train of the train looks well patronized just before departure time.
No. 9's trains ran to Trout Brook and return, while No. 52's turned at Top of Mountain. At Trout Brook, a young family assisted the train crew in turning No. 9 on the B&SR turntable during its second run of the day.
No. 9 with a southbound train arriving at Alna Center in the early afternoon. Her consist today (north-to-south) was open car No. 131, W&Q No. 3, WW&F coach No. 8 and caboose No. 554.
The Alna Center pavilion is hosting the 2023 annual gathering of the North American 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers.
Three layouts fill the pavilion. Eric Schade's layout is seen in the third photo below.
Alna Center station agent Pete Stevens did a great job providing signs to guide visitors, such as this.
At Sheepscot, Bitter Brew provided music in the engine house where arriving guests checked in.
The Great Falls Model Railroad Club had an exhibit in the car barn.
And we have model trains on sale in the car barn to benefit our Archives.
As always, this provides a small glimpse of all the volunteer activities today, a brilliant New England summer day.
