FIRST
FIRST TONIGHT - TRAINS ARE JUST ONE OF MANY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET PEOPLE AND
FREIGHT FROM POINT A TO B - BUT
THEY AREN'T THE EASIEST OR
FASTEST.4@
IN THE 19TH CENTURY... THEY
WERE.
MAINE HAD A UNIQUE SYSTEM OF
RAILROADS THAT RAN ON RAIL THAT
WAS JUST 2 FEET APART... HALF
THE WIDTH OF A STANDARD
RAILROAD. THEY WERE SMALLER...
AND LESS EXPENSIVE FOR
MAINE'S SMALL TOWNS.
FROM THE 1870S UNTIL THE 1940S
THERE WERE SOME 200 MILES OF4@
NARROW GAUGE LINES IN MAINE.4@
WHILE THEIR USE HAS BECOME
NEARLY OBSOLETE, A HANDFUL OF 4@
ENTHUSIASTS ARE WORKING TO KEEP
THE 2 FOOT LINES OPEN FOR
MAINE'S
SMALLER COMMUNITIES... WE
STOPPED BY THE WISCASSET4@
WATERVILLE AND FARMINGTON
RAILWAY MUSEUM. 4@
THE
THE WISCASSETT WATERVILLE AND
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@ FARMINGTON RAILWAY MUSEUM IS OPEN ON SATURDAYS THROUGH THE
WINTER... THEIR
HOURS INCREASE AS THE SNOW
MELTS.
HERE'S THE THING - THE SNOW CAN
SLOW THINGS DOWN QUITE A BIT...
MELTS. HERE'S THE THING - THE SNOW CAN SLOW THINGS DOWN QUITE A BIT...@
REMEMBER, THESE ARE MORE COST
EFFECTIVE RAILWAYS... THEY4@
ARE SMALLER... SO SNOW AND ICE
CAN PACK INTO THE TRACKS AND A4@
TRAIN WON'T BE ABLE TO PLOW
THROUGH.
THAT HAPPENED WHILE OUR
PHOTOGRAPHER DEVIN WAS RIDING
THE RAIL. THEY HAD TO STOP WHERE
A SNOWMOBILE TRAIL CROSSES THE
4@
>>>
>>> WHAT
>>> WHAT HAPPENED, OUR PHOTOGRAPHER WAS RIDING THE 4@ RAIL, AND THAT, THEY HAD TO
STOP WHERE A SNOW MOBILE TRAIL
CROSSES THE TRACKS, AND THEY
HAD TO CLEAR THE AREA BECAUSE
THE SNOW HAD PACKED DOWN TO THE
TRACKS.
>> WHERE 4@4@WERE YOU?
IN THE LOUNGE DRINKING HOT
COCOA AT THE TIME?
>> I WAS IN THE WARMTH, HANGING
OUT.
WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE A BETTER
USE OF OUR TIME IF I STOOD BACK
AND GRABBED A LOT OF 4@THE OLD
PHOTOS YOU SAW, AND HE WENT OUT
AND GOT VIDEO ON THE TRAIN, BUT
I GOT THE TEXT, HEY, WE ARE
STOPPED, KIND OF