The Head Tide station was the first real stop on the WW&F's trip north. It served the villages of Head Tide and Puddledock, both part of the town of Alna. There were a couple of sidings here. One ended up being the final resting place for the cars that made up the last train that ran on June 15, 1933. Old timbers and metal pieces from them can still be found in the woods, if you know where to look. The station, pictured below, resembled many of the other stations the railroad built, with long, low eaves.
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| Head Tide Station, in 1934. Photo by Linwood Moody, from the Howard Kirkpatrick collection. |
North of Head Tide, the grade followed the Sheepscot River's banks all the way into Whitefield. Even today much of the right of way is still intact. Below is a panoramic view of the roadbed a thousand feet or so north of the old station site. Although obscured by trees, the path the railroad took is still quite well defined. The gravel pit iss believed to be the same one the railroad used in its day.
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| The railroad grade north of the Head Tide station site, looking toward the gravel pit. |
Approximately a mile north of Head Tide station sat the Head Tide water tank. This water tank was enclosed for heating purposes, much like many of the WW&F's other tanks and those of the other Maine two-footers. The tank was fed by a spring on the hill. The building was torn down for the metal tank many years ago, although pieces of it remain today, slowly rotting into the ground.
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| Head Tide Tank, in 1934. Photo by Linwood Moody, from the Howard Kirkpatrick collection. |
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| The remnants of the Head Tide Tank, in 1999. Photo courtesy of Stewart Rhine. |
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