'Trains' news article about #52 on loan to MNG

[Graham Buxton]

Kalmbach's Trains site has a story about WW&F #52 going to Portland temporarily:

Link: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/locomotive-loan-allows-maine-narrow-gauge-to-keep-operating/

PORTLAND, Maine — When Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad’s GE diesel No. 1 came up lame last week, the railroad’s close relationship with the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum proved its value.

Without another locomotive, Maine Narrow Gauge annulled its trains on Tuesday. Learning of the problem, the WW&F offered its Plymouth diesel No. 52 as a stand-in for No.1, and by Wednesday, Maine Locomotive & Machine Works had hauled No. 52 the 45 miles south to Portland so service could resume Thursday. To stand in for No. 52, Maine Locomotive & Machine is lending its Brookville diesel to the WW&F.

“Maine Narrow Gauge has been kind enough to allow the WW&F Railway to use locomotive No. 7, its [Bridgton & Saco River Railroad] turntable, and coaches. so this is an opportunity to, in small part, return the favor,” said WW&F President Dave Buczkowski. “It’s how we hoped the Narrow Gauge Collaboration would work.”

Read the rest of the article at the link above.

[Wayne Laepple]

In the same News Wire of Oct. 17, we were also mentioned in the report about the Western Maryland Scenic's fund-raiser for the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum project to restore Pennsylvania Railroad K-4s No. 1361. Wes Heinz mentioned MNG and the WW&F as a previous example of inter-museum collaboration.

trains.com/news-reviews/news-wire/western-maryland-scenic no-1309-powers-benefit-train-for-altoona-museum/