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Worldwide Narrow Gauges => Other Narrow Gauge => Topic started by: Stephen Hussar on January 01, 2010, 11:07:05 PM

Title: very narrow gauge...
Post by: Stephen Hussar on January 01, 2010, 11:07:05 PM
Anyone ever been to this place? Interesting variety of coal-fired steam...
http://wcrr.org/

And this place as well...check out the Fitchburg Northern No 5!
http://wcrr.org/2001/stl/01stl.shtml
Title: Re: very narrow gauge...
Post by: Allan Fisher on January 02, 2010, 12:46:19 AM
I attended WW&F Life Member Henry Groth's September 2009 live steam meet at his home in Waldoboro. Henry is a conductor on the Maine Eastern psgr train, and sometimes opens up his railroad for kids on Wednesdays during the summer. It is about a quarter mile south on old Route 1 as it goes into Waldoboro. Many of our members attend Henry's meets.
Title: Re: very narrow gauge...
Post by: Keith Taylor on January 02, 2010, 02:37:50 PM
And this place as well...check out the Fitchburg Northern No 5!
http://wcrr.org/2001/stl/01stl.shtml
Stephen, Russ Steves, the builder of Fitchburg Northern No. 5 is currently building a 7- 1/4" gauge model of the Sandy River No. 5 (a.k.a. WW&F No.9) using the same drawings that our shop crews are using for the restoration. Who knows, maybe someday a "small" No.9 will visit the large one!

Keith
Title: Re: very narrow gauge...
Post by: Mike Arnold on January 03, 2010, 11:05:42 AM
Got to love the LIRR flat side in maine I got a kick out of that. But ex LIRR C-60 which is the class that hack is modeled after hit the road this year to the Transit Museum in Queens she looks just as good. Sorry it is not narrow gauge but worth it. She is owned by the Twin Forks Chapter of the NRHS from Long Island NY.
 
http://media.photobucket.com/image/LIRR%20C-60/joetrain59/C60Westbury.jpg
Mike Arnold
US Merchant Marine
www.twinforksnrhs.org