Links last verified January 14, 2020
NON-COMMERCIAL Sites
Clubs & Similar Organizations
Historical Societies & Preservation Projects
  • Goffstown Historical Society:  The historical society inherited a significant Lionel layout from a long time resident of Goffstown, NH. The Boomers have worked closely with the Society to maintain and improve the layout. The layout is open to the public on selected dates and some special events.
  • The Flying Yankee Restoration Project: A website dedicated to the reconstruction of the famous B&M Streamliner.
  • Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad  began its non-profit history as a project of the Phillips Historical Society about 1970. In the 1980s we became independent. Then once again, in the early 1990s, we became a division of the Phillips Historical Society. Effective in August 2003, we are, once again, independent of our good friends at the Phillips Historical Society.
  • Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society: Official homepage of the Boston& Maine Railroad Historical Society.
  • National Railway Historical Society (NRHS): As of January 2007, there are over 170 Chapters and about 17,000 members worldwide.

Boomers and Other Individuals
  • Rockingham County Railfan: Ian MacMillan is a Boomer who has put his HO railroad on the web. This HO scale railroad is the free lanced Burlington Northern Wisconsin Subdivision based in LaCrosse, WI.

Other Links of Interest
  • Steam Engine Valve Gear on the Computer: A collection of programs to simulate various types and models of steam valve gears. Runs on MS-DOS as well as various Windows platforms. Downloads are free. 
  • TrainWeb.com: Information and photographs relating to passenger, freight and model trains in the U.S. and Worldwide plus items of interest to the professional rail industry. All Aboard! Plan on spending a few hours ... I did! 
  • RailServe: A rather well done search engine for railroading fans. RailServe was cataloging over 1900 sites when last we checked. 
  • Spike Systems: Chris Coleman's WWW front end to a couple of other sites including the Home Page for the East Broad Top railroad. 
  • NTRAK: The N-Scale Modular Railroading Society Inc, with information and links for those with an interest in N scale modules. Links are available to many other regional NTRACK pages. 
  • Private Roadname Modelers SIG: Railroads that Never Were, ... But Might Have Been!s that Never Were, ... But Might Have Been!
  • National Model Railroading Association (NMRA): Is the largest organization devoted to the development, promotion, and enjoyment of the hobby of model railroading. The NMRA was founded in 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in order to provide a service to the hobby of model railroading.
  • NMRA Northeast Region: Is a part of the National Model Railroad Association that serves the northeastern United States including all of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont as well as parts of New York, New Jersey. The NER also serves Canada in Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
  • NMRA Seacoast Division: Serves NMRA members in New Hampshire and Maine. They are the local arm of the NMRA. Features are quarterly meetings and member nights.
  • Directory of World Wide Rail Sites: Includes a categorized listing of links to railroading websites around the world.
  • Welcome to L-Gauge: An information resource for the LEGO model train community,
  • NH Happenings: Want to know what's going on in NH? Not necessarily dedicated to Rail Fans but it'll get you to all sorts of other information and happenings in the Granite State

Some Handy COMMERCIAL Sites

These links are not paid advertising. They are provided solely for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement of any kind.
  • Kalmbach Publishing: Home of Model Railroader, Model Railroader Video Plus, Trains, Garden Railways, Classic Toy Trains and Classic Trains magazines and much more.
  • William K. Walthers: Probably the largest supplier of model railroad equipment in at least the United States. (All Scales)
  • Charles Ro: “America’s Largest Train Store” located in Boston and featuring larger scales. 
  • Brick Model Railroader: Brick Model Railroader serves the LEGO® Train Hobby as an online news resource, and to help promote and grow the hobby of LEGO® Trains in all it’s forms.
  • Digital Vistas Imaging, LLC: This site features the digital photographic art of Boomer Tom Wright. Several pieces and a collection are based on railroad themes. Prints appear for sale in galleries around NH and are for sale directly by sending email to the email address on the site.