NVRRA

10/14/2025

Following last weekend’s Railfair ‘25, it’s time to get back to work on the railroad!

Monday saw a bunch of work getting done. Wiring for block detection replacements and signals getting installed for our next CTC push. Maintenance work repairing drops that were made temporary for track changes, or maybe that occasional short rail that has since been discovered we missed…oops!

After researching, planning, drawing and mocking up, we finally have our “Snyder’s Bridge” in Shatigcoke, NY. This all started from 1934 sketches from a bridge and building team making repairs to the Boston and Maine owned structure.

The sketches were modified to a drawing that would fit the space and location we had, cardboard mockup made which lead to a few minor changes.

The bridge was installed today, along with 5 piers and two abutments. Fit looks good, land forms need adjusting, and a nice healthy coat of stain and weathering to make it look like it did some time in the 1990s, before it was removed and replaced in the early 2000s.

Attached are pictures that show the process from concept to project well underway.

10/05/2025

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who made the trip to Railfair this weekend, supporting us AND our vendors! We hope you all had a great time, and look forward to Railrair 2026!

09/22/2025

Check out what Scott and Tom have to say with ATLP’s Host Ray about the club and our upcoming Railfair 25!

30 miles west of Boston and inside a former rope factory not too far from the current Fitchburg Line is one amazing model railroad club.

08/14/2025

Attention modelers, dealers and families!

Don’t forget to save the dates for our favorite train show of the year!

RailFair returns this October 4th and 5th at the Boxboro Regency Convention Center in Boxboro MA.

Dealer inquiries are still welcome. Please go to our website www.nvrra.com for more information.

06/16/2025

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Thanks to John Rezuke for filming highlights from our open house this month. Included are several freights, Amtrak's 'Granite State', the Pan Am OCS, and John's stellar recreation of the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Blue unit circus train.

Some of the trains that were out running during the June 8th open house at the Nashua Valley Railroad Association's club room in Shirley, MA. Features a few ...

06/09/2025

Norfolk Southern heritage unit screams through Shirley MA westbound yesterday. See the 3rd loco.

05/13/2025

Gregory D'Olimpio, grandson of long time member Peter D'Olimpio, learns how to run a train on the NVRRA!! Videos below
Start them young on trains!!!

05/04/2025

Yesterday several members got together to ballast the mainlines from Viall Ave in Mechanicville to the west side of the Hudson River Bridge, a distance of about 35 linear feet.

Tasks included touching up paint on the track, spreading and dressing the ballast itself, spraying the ballast with “wet water” to break surface tension and finally spray with a glue mixture to bond to the layout.

Thanks to Joe, Dave, Jim and Tim for assisting to get this done in an evening! Now we wait for things to dry, clean the rail head and get the layout back up and running!

03/30/2025

We would like to extend our appreciation to everyone who visited us yesterday. We had a great time showcasing the progress across the layout, engaging with our visitors, and overall having a great time. Thank you!

03/06/2025

Below are a few progress shots from the layout, highlighting the addition of more trees and two more operational signals.

Please join us for our FREE Open House on Saturday, March 29th, between 10a-3p, to see the layout's updates firsthand!

01/19/2025

Here’s a few pics from today, where ahead of our monthly ops session the Signal Dept was able to get the final connections made for the Westbound signal at CP-DE.