ALNA, Maine — The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum has kicked off a fundraising campaign to build a new steam locomotive. The new machine, No. 11, would be a faithful reproduction of the original railroad’s No. 7, a 1907 Baldwin 2-4-4RT Forney. No. 7 was damaged in a roundhouse fire in 1933 and was scrapped, along with almost everything else on the WW&F, in 1937.
To support the project, the museum has opened a FundRazr crowd-funding site. The goal for the first round of fundraising is $17,000, which will boost the funding for the first year of the project to $50,000. Donations to the project are welcome at http://build11.wwfry.org.