{"id":95,"date":"2014-06-17T18:45:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.wwfry.org\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2024-11-12T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T04:19:04","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.wwfry.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the WW&#038;F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step aboard and connect with the soul of Maine.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>\n                button.zeffy-btn {\n                background-color: #B6C9CA;\n                border: none;\n                border-radius: 5px;\n                box-sizing: border-box;\n                color: white;\n                cursor: pointer;\n                left: calc(50% - 75px);\n                margin: 10px;\n                min-height: 50px;\n                min-width: 150px;\n                padding: 5px 10px;\n                text-transform: uppercase;\n                top: calc(50% - 25px);\n                display: flex;\n                justify-content: center;\n                align-items: center;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<p>        <button class=\"zeffy-btn\" zeffy-form-link=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/embed\/ticketing\/df6571d4-caab-4961-9ecd-e67d9365e913?modal=true\"><br \/>\n            Donate<br \/>\n        <\/button> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WW&amp;F Railway Museum in Alna, Maine (just north of Wiscasset on Route 218), celebrates Maine&#8217;s Sheepscot Valley narrow gauge. Come ride our historic steam train for a trip back in time. Explore our facilities and shops where exploration is encouraged and inquisitiveness is rewarded. Experience the nearly-lost art of running and maintaining a steam powered narrow gauge railroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WW&amp;F Railway traces its roots to 1894 when the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad constructed a two-foot \u201cnarrow\u201d gauge railroad northward from the bustling wharves of Wiscasset. Far short of its international delusions of grandeur, the railway of \u201cbig dreams and little wheels\u201d only reached Albion, Maine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavily burdened with debt and with very little business, the railroad reorganized as the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington. Like Quebec, the destinations of Waterville and Farmington were never realized. Winding through the wild pine forests, farmlands and hamlets of the Sheepscot Valley to connect the interior of Maine with the coast, the WW&amp;F served the businesses and residents of rural Maine until 1933. Ultimately, the railroad was closed, scrapped, and nearly forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brought back from extinction, today\u2019s railway connects you with a Maine that has all but slipped away.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See why the WW&amp;F\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wwfry.org\/?page_id=8\">attractions and special events<\/a> are some of the best things to do in the Midcoast. Bring the kids and enjoy authentic Maine &#8211; a tour of a simpler life from a century ago. It is yours to discover and explore &#8211; we will take you there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">97 Cross Road<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheepscot Station<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alna, ME 04535<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">207-882-4193<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The WW&amp;F is ten minutes off US Route One in Wiscasset.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take Route 218 near Red\u2019s Eats (mmm Maine lobster rolls.)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See you on the narrow gauge!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step aboard and connect with the soul of Maine. &nbsp; Donate The WW&amp;F Railway Museum in Alna, Maine (just north of Wiscasset on Route 218), celebrates Maine&#8217;s Sheepscot Valley narrow gauge. 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