The WW&F Railway museum, Maine Narrow Gauge, and Boothbay Railway Village are partnering together for a two engine weekend of steam in January of 2017. The weekends are 1/14 & 15, and 1/21 & 22. Monson RR #3 provided by Maine Narrow Gauge, and recently restored WW&F #9 will be fired up and provide lots of photo run bys. Boothbay Railway Village is loaning Bridgton & Saco River coach 11.

On Saturday the train leaves at or around 9 a.m. and the event will run until 4 p.m. The day will consist of two seperate trains with a few meets through out the day, as well as the possibility of a two engine train later in the day or at some point during the weekend.

On Sunday the event will run 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with new train consists and a two engine train.

Saturday evening a special night photo session will be held to those wishing to participate but limited to 30 people.

Tickets are $400 per person for the weekend long session, night session an additional $75, and a box lunch is also available for another $15. Attendees are suggested to bring a lunch with them if they are not purchasing a box lunch as there is no scheduled lunch break.

Operations will start around 6 a.m. both days with the engine fire up and switching operations. Feel free to arrive early and get in a few extra shots before train time.

POTENTIAL EXTRAS: We have hopes to have a Bridgton & Saco River box car restored for the event, as well as our new turntable. If the turntable is completed by the event we have plans to do some turntable and yard scenes as well as turning the engines at different times.

Please note the railroad is entirely secluded with no public access except at the main yard and shop building. Please respect our neighbors as though they were your own.

For more information or to make a reservation please email us at reservations@wwfry.org

**Also please note seating is limited to 50 people per weekend and all reservations must be made on or before December 15th. Any cancellation must be done on or before December 15th.

As a veteran photo-charter attendee of events all across our country, and someone who attended the WW&F's Winter Weekend this past March; I highly recommend and suggest joining in on these weekends. The photo opportunities and railfan experiences are world-class, as to be expected from the WW&F Railway Museum. Maine 2-foot narrow gauge winter authentic steam action!

The link below is to my images from March; at a minimum what to expect in January.
http://www.losttracksoftime.com/p47324941

Funds raised from these two weekends will be directed back to the organizations participating in the event so the WW&F, along with Maine Narrow Gauge and Boothbay Railway Village, will all benefit from this event.

Matthew

Many thanks for sharing this Matthew and great photos!

I think you all might be interested to know that the WW&F shops in Sheepscot will also be open to the charter attendees (aside from set-up time if the night shoot is indoors) They are chock-full of the items and equipment that used to keep the railway in operation and present many interesting photographic opportunities.

The stations in Sheepscot as well as Alna Center will be accessible as well. Both are unique, with their own 'personalities'.

Hope that those of you are interested are able to join us at the WW&F during this event. It should be memorable and tremendous fun!

Take care,
Steve Piwowarski

Sunday will now offer a "bonus" session after the trains arrive back at Sheepscot, to include a chance to photograph the engines in the yard, and near the turntable to give photographers a final chance to photograph the two engines near the turntable in the afternoon light, as well as a few other last chance scenes.

A reminder that this is a closed event, and there is no public access to the railroad other than the main yard. Alna Center will only be accessible by train due to snow, mud, or other conditions, and the road is on private land.

Also this will be our first time to provide runbys in both directions thanks to the completion of our turntable. The schedule will allow photographers a chance to photograph a meet at Alna Center between two steam powered trains (not every day one can photograph this in New England), and experience a few different trains. During the weekend we will also run a two engine train, to replicate a helper engine out of Wiscasset that was once required on occasion.

An update on the Maine Two-Foot Winter Event. We have recieved enough reservations to run both weekends and we have lowered our maximum capacity for both weekends. Reducing the number of spots available on both weekends allows for easier planning on the museum's end and will give the attendees a better experience we feel. There are presently 24 people signed up for the first weekend and we are putting all new sign ups into the second weekend. The plan is to keep the attendance to under 30 people or less a weekend. If you were thinking of attending with somebody who is already signed up the first weekend we can allow a couple more people to make reservations for the first weekend. Reservations can be made by emailing reservations@wwfry.org

Thank You,

Brendan Barry

WW&FRy Board Member

Those shots look an awful lot like the EBT. Great shots and a wonderful snowstorm, but not in Maine and you didn't get those last March.

http://www.losttracksoftime.com/p58527735

Heres a link to Matt's WW&F photos.

Have you guys scheduled a date for "Victorian Christmas"?

Do not miss "Victorian Christmas" if you can possibly attend. My wife insists we never miss another one. Terrific time, especially if there is snow in the field.