Trains things to do in New England in Sept

  Rail Fest is September 18-20 in North Platte NE.

 

Ron,

 

You could go up to North Conway N.H.  Home of the Conway Scenic Railway.   Just a bit up the road from there is the Mt. Washington Cog Railway.

 

And between those two is Hartmann Model Railway and Toy Museum.

I don't see a North Platte in the northeast U.S.  I spent all my life either on the west coast (where I grew up) or east coast (in the USAF), I forget about you guys in the middle of the country.  Fixed the title.

Write my nephew in Concord, NH, he is much in to railroads. He will know. E-mail: jkovar4@comcast.net. They do a lot up there. Jon has set me some neat photos of trains and abandoned RR property. Good luck. Use my name.

If you are driving and taking I 95 through CT, I can open our museum for you to take a look.

765 will be at Steamtown.

You can drive through Long Island on the weekend and stop at the Railroad Museum of Long Island and see the Lionel Visitors layout and then continue east through the wine country and take the ferry across the Long Island sound to Conn. and continue your trip!

Check out this site: Train Rides

Note: as far as I know, the historic trains that were at Edaville are gone. They were dispursed / auctioned off some years ago. The working narrow gauge engines went to one of the live steam places in Maine. I don't know which one.

Come see our new PE layout and all the changes we have made to the one in the barn. 

 

Check out Marty Fitzhenry's layout as well. It is spectacular.

Stop by paterson nj on your way to see the njhirailers layouts.  Email me to coordinate

Well the current situation there seems complicated.

http://www.edaville.com/hours-and-directions/map/

Edaville is open and they have two steam engines. One British built ex pacific island cane engine and an American plantation engine that has been altered to look like a Maine two foot engine. They do give rides but they are in the process of becoming a Thomas and Friends theme ppack with kiddie Carnival rides and such Next month.

Essex Steam Train is about 15 minutes off RT95 in CT. I've been here several times.

 

There is a small train ride in Newport RI. While it was only about $7, I can't say I'd go back unless it was with little kids.

 NE Vermont has two railroad covered bridges...they had track through them in the

'50's til ?, but that is gone.  I thought Maine had reconstituted a two foot gauge

operating museum, (in/near Portland?) with rolling stock taken back there from Edaville,  but the above seems to say otherwise? 

If you like trolleys, there are museums in the Brandford, CT. and East Winsor, CT. areas.

If your pass through Palmer, Ma around lunch or dinner, the Steaming Tender is in an historic train station, with live tracks right next door. I think their food is good, with reasonable prices.

Wow  Just checked in and was surprised at the response  I need to look at each one to see how to fit it in.  THANK YOU. 

 

Brian, Don, Jim and bluelinec4:  I really appreciate the offers.  Let me see what I can do and I'll get back to you.