RailPictures.Net Photo: WW&FRy 9 Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Steam 0-4-4T at Alna Center, Maine by Kevin Madore
 
  Login · Sign Up 


Community Response Locomotive Details Location/Date of Photo
Views: 3,542     Favorited: 16
Since added on February 04, 2021

+ Add to Favorites

+ Subscribe

+ Add to Photo Album

+ Post a Photo Comment
     
» Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington (more..)
» Steam 0-4-4T (more..)
» Alna Center Station 
» Alna Center, Maine, USA (more..)
» January 16, 2021
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» WW&FRy 9 (more..)
» Photo Freight (more..)
» Kevin Madore (more..)
» Contact Photographer · Photographer Profile 
Remarks & Notes 
Flag-stop: Alna Center. A WW&F Engineman and his head Brakeman chat briefly in a pouring rain as empty milk cans come off the Turner Centre Dairy Car, right behind Locomotive #9. These cans are destined for a local dairy farm, which will refill them in time to catch a southbound train the next day. This stop will be a quick one. Once the cargo has been offloaded and the doors closed, the train will resume its northbound journey.

Typical freight on the original WW&F, back in the early 1900s, consisted of farm products, and timber/lumber products. The line's rolling stock consisted almost entirely of box cars and flats. One of the line's larger customers was the Turner Centre Creamery in Wiscasset. Southbound freights and mixed trains would regularly collect raw milk from farms along the route and bring it to the creamery, which existed on the pier next to the Sheepscot River in downtown Wiscasset. The creamery had a small fleet of primitive reefer cars which were used to carry this very perishable cargo. One such car was #65, a replica of which was in the consist when this image was taken. These reefer had double walls, insulated with sawdust. Inside, a large metal bin held blocks of ice to chill the air and keep the milk cool during the warmer months. Interestingly enough, the cars were also equipped with stoves, to keep the milk from freezing in the winter....and keep the Turner Centre Attendant, who typically rode inside this car, from freezing as well. On the northbound runs, such as the re-creation seen here, the trains would typically drop off empty milk cans so the farmers could retrieve and re-use them.

Photo Comments (1) 


 User Photo Albums Containing this Photo (6)+ Add to Album
M2F

Album created by member John Robins
Album Views: 986
Maine 2 footers
US Steam today

Album created by member J Neu, Berlin
Album Views: 112,038
US Steam today, and Canada too
People of the Railroad

Album created by member Ted Harrison
Album Views: 33,895
Photographs that depict train crews and other railroad employees at work. After all, the trains don't run themselves!
Slim-Gauge Field of Dreams

Album created by member Kevin Madore
Album Views: 25,854
A look at Maine's Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum
Car Cameos

Album created by member Ty Kaneshiro
Album Views: 37,422
for any car guys who wanna see both cars and trains
"Steampunk"

Album created by member Nathan Richters
Album Views: 296,503
Gears; machinery; steam mixed with modern technology; and more.
Add to Photo Album or Get Your Own Photo Album


EXIF Data for this photo: [What's this?]
- Hide Data -

  ApertureFNumber  f/7.1
  Make  NIKON CORPORATION
  Model  NIKON Z 6
  ExposureTime  1/200
  ISOSpeedRatings  1600
  Flash  0
  FocalLength  550/10

Photo Copyright © 2021 Kevin Madore. All Rights Reserved. Photo Usage Policy
This website Copyright © 2002-2024. All Rights Reserved.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information