The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway

The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway. Wiscasset, Maine. , In 1907, Carson Peck, Vice President of F.W. Woolworth Co., took over the struggling Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad. He modified the name and invested new capital. Soon, the WW&F Railway had 96 cars and 7 engines carrying potatoes, lumber, coal, woolen goods, passengers and the mail., By 1920, trucks had taken away most of their business. Equipment disasters and accidents took their toll, and in 1933, the railroad closed. Engine #2, seen here, was scrapped for metal in 1937., Turner Centre Dairying Association, seen behind the engine, was the third largest commercial creamery in New England. One of their railroad cars can be seen here. They were later bought out by H.P. Hood and Sons., The Wiscasset Grain Co. was across Main Street in the large building they built in 1912, complete with grist mill. They remained there until the late 1940s, when Wirthmore Feed and Grain took over. By 1968, the building was an Agway store, owned by Daniel and Dorothy Ames. On June 28, 1969 a fire broke out near the gas pumps. The Ames were inside. An employee managed to turn off the gas and they escaped. The Ames family rebuilt their business. Now run by their grandsons on Route 1, it is still an important part of the town in 2013.