NVRRA

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.