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Maine Narrow Gauge RR

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad can be found at 58 Fore St., Portland, Maine and has most of the surviving two foot equipment including the one and only Rangley Parlor Car the only parlor car built for a two foot railroad.

The Railroad is run to help support a museum that is housed in a 19th century assembly building of the Portland Company, a manufacturer of machinery from the 1840s to the 1980s, mostly locomotives, some in two foot gauge, and marine engines. This facility is now up for sale and was not considered suitable for housing the collection, so a new site has been chosen in Gray and a 3 mile section of abandoned interurban right of way has been purchased.

This move is expected to take some time so the train in Portland is expected to run until at least 2023.

The museum's collection, which is the largest 2foot collection in the world, includes the "Rangley" parlor car, the "Pondicherry" and "Mount Pleasant" coaches, SR&RL Rail-bus 4, Mr. Oris Vose's Inspection Car, Monson RR engines 3 & 4, Bridgeton and Harrison engines 7 & 8, and a host of cars to operate with. They can best be appreciated in person so see the MNGRR website to plan your trip now.