Sunday, September 29, 2019

NVRRA Rail Fair 2019 Boxboro MA - October 5 & 6

October 5th & 6th, 2019 
10AM to 4PM 
Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center 
Boxboro, MA 

The Nashua Valley Railroad Association is a model railroad club building and operating a permanent layout in Shirley, MA. NVRRA models the Boston & Maine Railroad from Boston to Mechanicville, NY in the modern era (1980+). RailFair helps defray annual operating costs.


Monday, September 16, 2019

Recent New England Model Railroad Announcements SEPT 2019


HO SCALE


N SCALE

O SCALE

Friday, September 13, 2019

Loaded Autorack Burns in Gardner MA

I love how the news says the "train" was on fire, instead of saying a "railcar" was on fire.  Also, I have read that 10, around 15, and 20 vehicles were burned!  Now THAT is getting all the details!  Not to mention the fact Pan Am hauls Fords and one other, Japanese make (which escapes me at the moment) on those trains.  I'd like to know what caused the fire... arson, "hot box", or possibly a hybrid car who's batteries caught fire.  For now, here's all we know:

https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Train-Car-Carrying-a-Dozen-Vehicles-Destroyed-in-Fire-Gardner-Massachusetts-559913731.html

https://www.telegram.com/news/20190910/train-fire-in-gardner-destroys-new-cars

www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/09/10/alarm-fire-gardner-damages-rail-car-carrying-new-vehicles/2xmevKLcCk4UUNa4h7NeNK/story.html

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/09/10/gardner-train-car-carrier-fire


Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Sues Maine Narrow Gauge Museum Over Investment in Steam Locomotive

READ:  Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Sues Maine Narrow Gauge Museum Over Investment in Steam Locomotive

It wants compensation for its investment of over $144,000 connected to restoration of a Narrow Gauge steam engine.