Farewell to Number 4. In preparation for her last operating day, Monson Railroad Locomotive #4 slowly builds pressure just outside the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company's shop building on... (more)

Farewell to Number 4. With the FRA Form 4 on Monson Railroad Locomotive #4 about to expire, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum decided to bring her out of the engine house o... (more)

Portland's Polar Express races toward the rapidly disappearing sun, en route to her destination at the city's Marine Terminal. Fittingly, the Polar Express here in Maine takes the form of a... (more)

Portland, Maine's Polar Express is operated by the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. on the city's Eastern Promenade. In this scene, Monson Railroad #4, an 18-ton Vulcan, built in 1918, pro... (more)

The western terminus of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad's trackage is adjacent to Portland's new Marine Terminal, where large cruise ships often dock. There, a passing track exists so that the t... (more)

Portland Maine's Eastern Promenade is graced by a piece of the state's transportation history. A two-foot gauge excursion train from the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum, with Monson... (more)

Monson Railroad Forney #4 moves in to make the hitch on Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Caboose #553 in preparation for an afternoon excursion on the Portland waterfront. This view from inside the ... (more)

Few steam tourist lines enjoy beautiful waterfront views along their entire length. Such is the case with the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. The line's 1.5 mile track follows the ol... (more)

The only original Maine 2-foot locomotive that has a current FRA Form 4 is Monson Railroad #4. She's a 20-ton product of the Vulcan Iron Works and was built in 1918 for the Monson Railroad in Ma... (more)

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum is the custodian of the largest collection of surviving locomotives and rolling stock from the historic Maine 2-foot railroads. Based on the waterfro... (more)

With the burned ex-GTW Back Cove bridge in the background, Monson 0-4-4T 4 is steamed up at the northern end of the Maine Narrow Gauge's line along Portland's Casco Bay. The flags that 4 is flying... (more)

On a spectacular Labor Day in Maine, the 3PM train heads north the the bridge at Back Cove with the beautiful Casco Bay in the background.