Click on each image for a closer look! The Frontenac Society of Model Engineers Inc. (FSME) have been developing a miniature railway facility in Battersea, which is 20 minutes North of Kingston, Ontario. They have both a 7-1/4″ gauge ground level running through field and trees and a multi gauge elevated
Click on each image for a closer look! The Railroad Museum of New England, Inc. is a not-for-profit educational and historical organization that dates back to January of 1968. The mission of the Railroad Museum of New England is to tell the story of the region’s rich railroad heritage through
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing the field trip to the Adobe Western Railroad in Phoenix, Arizona, we turn our attention to the trains that the Maricopa Live Steamers operate on their 14 miles of track. Like many clubs, their roster of locomotives has shifted to being
Click on each image for a closer look! This field trip was made over a year ago by Lance Gleich, one of our volunteers. He visited the Maricopa Live Steamers at their miniature railway facilities in North Phoenix, Arizona. This club has been in existence a long time as I
Click on each image for a closer look! Cochrane is home to the Cochrane Railway and Pioneer Museum, located right next to the station. Unfortunately, the museum’s two cabooses were destroyed in an arson attack last August. The display currently consists of three former CN coaches, some damaged track equipment
Click on each image for a closer look! In 1908, the town of Cochrane was established as a permanent settlement at the junction of the National Transcontinental and the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario railways. Today, Cochrane remains an important railway centre for the Ontario Northland Railway. The ONR operates the
Click on each image for a closer look! As we reported recently, Michael and I visited the Niagara Railway Museum in Fort Erie just before Christmas. On Friday, January 6th, Michael, Rodney and myself made a field trip back to the museum with our trailers in tow. The objective was
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our field trip to the West Coast Railway Heritage Centre in Squamish, B.C. to learn from what other railway museums have accomplished, we now focus on the the building where a visitor first enters the museum proper. This is their Mac
Click on each image for a closer look! Every railway museum is challenged with providing exhibits which also appeal to little children. The West Coast Railway Heritage Park developed an area right beside their main station and their miniature railway station for this purpose. They built a large wooden train
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our field trip to the West Coast Railway Association’s museum in Squamish, B.C. we now focus on the turntable area adjacent to the new roundhouse. It is about 96 feet long and electrically driven. It is just long enough to hold