Maine had several two foot gauge railroads in the early part of the 20th century. By 1943 however, these narrow gauge railroads had all been shut down. Ellis D. Atwood saved a few locomotives and cars from these railroads and brought them to a cranberry bog in South Carver Massachusetts. He then formed the Edaville railroad. Edaville became very popular and operated for over 50 years before closing in 1991. Once the Edaville closed down, a group of rail enthusiasts from Maine bought the equipment and began bringing it back to Maine to start up a museum. They established the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum in Portland Maine and now run excursions along the waterfront.
The museum runs a two mile long excursion along Casco Bay. The rail line was originally a Grand Trunk Railroad branch line but has been re laid with two foot gauge track for the museum. The train takes you from the museum's station to the edge of downtown Portland and then for a ride along Casco Bay's waterfront.
I was at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad on September 5, 1999. The day I was there Monson #3 was steamed up for the labor day weekend. The weather was fairly overcast as you can probably already tell. I had a great time here and the museum crew was very nice. Cab rides always make me happy and I went away very happy, I even blew the whistle! That had me sold on this place right then and there. The museum is very interesting and I was impressed with the high class passenger cars on display, there were very fancy.
