Connecticut Valley Model Railroad Club

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The CVMRR Story: One view by a relatively new member

The Connecticut Valley Model Railroad Club, Inc. is a non-profit association of rail fans and modelers in the Upper Valley.  The club meets every Thursday evening although they will be round robin meetings at members homes and at the NETIM Museum because of the loss of our home in the WRJ firehouse. The first Thursday of every month is a business meeting and will likely be held in the NETIM Museum (in the same building as the WRJ Amtrak station).  This is the best time for potential members and other interested members of the public to visit. 

Most of the current activity in the club centers around finding a new home after the Club's lease of the upstairs in the WRJ firehouse was terminated when the town sold the building.  Any leads for a new home for the club should be sent by email to the club at the current club secretary. 

The semi-permanent N Scale layout depicting the line from White River Junction to Canaan had to be dismantled and stored.   The award-winning N scale layout, a four piece sectional layout depicting a portion of the railroad through Crawford Notch, NH is being displayed at the NETIM Museum in the railroad station in downtown WRJ.  The Club members' HO scale modules have been placed in storage at various members' homes until a new club home is found.  We will continue setting them up for display at the Concord Model Railroad Club's show in early September and at the Annual Upper Valley Model Railroad Show in April. The HO scale modules do not have a single theme, although there are modules depicting Lebanon, NH and other local railroad sites.  All modules are built by club members and thus many of them reflect the specific interests of the builder. Most current modules focus on New England prototypes.  Regional  interests of the club members who model range from the Woodstock Railway to the Boston and Maine to the New England Central.  In addition, some club members model the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania, Conrail, CSX, the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway (that's me :-)) and the "what if" Driscoll Rail. You can see shots of the various HO modules in the photo sections documenting the last few years' Club shows.

In addition to modeling interests, club members are interested in railroad preservation, railfanning, and rail history.  Many members of CVMRR are also members of the local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and are helping with the restoration of the former Boston & Maine locomotive #494 in White River Junction, VT.  The club also owns a prototype Plymouth Industrial diesel switcher which it is hoped will one day be restored.

The rail-oriented organizations, including CVMRR, the Vermont Railway Museum, and the local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society are looking to promote railroading's past and future in White River Junction, Vermont. Stay tuned to find out more.

For more information regarding CVMRR or for an application to join, please email the current Club secretary.

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This page last updated February 06, 2007.