Festival of Trees Preview Gala was quite spectacular, with samples of great food from local restaurants too. There are 87 trees this year. Next year, the 25th year of the festival, the goal is 100 trees. There is one other model train at the tree for the Cotton Valley Rail Trail, one of this year’sContinue reading “Festival of Trees at Wright Museum 2023”
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Lake Winnipesaukee Day, August 11, 2023
The Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum is expected to open in 2025. However, we will have some previews at times. On Friday August 11 we will have a tent in Cate Park in Wolfeboro as part of the Lake Winnipesaukee Day celebration with laser light show at 9PM. We expect to be there from 3PMContinue reading “Lake Winnipesaukee Day, August 11, 2023”
Freight House Interior 2022-12-09
The framing for the museum inside the freight house is mostly complete. Take a look at the Photo Album.
Freight Train Game
At our tent at the 150th Anniversary Celebration on Friday August 12, 2022 starting at 3PM we will have our freight train game. Use it to develop your skills as a railroad engineer. “A train arrives on the main line with full freight cars to be delivered to some combination of eight businesses on fourContinue reading “Freight Train Game”
150th Anniversary of Mt. Washington and First Train to Wolfeboro
Friday August 12 is the 150th anniversary of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Steamship Mount Washington. The Celebration is at the Wolfeboro Docks and in Cate Park, starting at 3PM and continuing to the 20 minute laser light show at 9PM. LRMRM will have a tent there at Cate Park, with various photos and exhibitsContinue reading “150th Anniversary of Mt. Washington and First Train to Wolfeboro”
Model Steam Train Exhibit at NHBM 2022-2023
The LRMRM has a model steam train exhibit at the New Hampshire Boat Museum. As part of NHBM’s two year exhibit, “Letting off steam: Escaping to New Hampshire in the Golden Age of Steam”, the steam train layout shows the Eastern Railroad 66 engine, the first engine to bring a train to Wolfeboro in 1872.Continue reading “Model Steam Train Exhibit at NHBM 2022-2023”
Freight House Outside Completed
The LRMRM museum is projected to open in the Wolfeboro Freight House in 2025. The outside of the building has been completed. Work is proceeding on the interior. Design of the interior and model train layout are ongoing. The interior will have a railroad artifact collection on display, and a model train layout used toContinue reading “Freight House Outside Completed”
Freight House with Ramp and Loading Dock
The Freight House has been painted, and the ramp and loading dock are well underway. The plans for the inside of the building depend on what is allowed by LCHIP, the NH Land and Community Heritage Investment Program which has provided some of the funding for the restoration.
A Walk Around the Freight House and Station
Painting of the Freight House is nearly complete. Here is a photo tour of Bean Park, the Freight House, the Station, and the beginning of Bridge Falls Path, and photos of the Freight House and Station from the other side of Back Bay. Click on the photo to view the gallery.
HO Scale SS Mount Washington
Dave Warren recently completed a superb HO scale waterline model of the SS Mount Washington in her railroad days for the Wolfeboro part of the train layout. He also has models on display at the Wright Museum, the New Hampshire Boat Museum, and the Lake Winnipesaukee Museum in Laconia NH.