RPI’s New England Berkshire and Western model railroad was one of the most scenic railroads in the northeast.  In 2019 RPI needed to use the layout’s space for a different purpose. The layout was disassembled and moved into storage. The idea was to move the layout into a new permanent home on the ground floor of a leased building.  Unfortunately RPI decided to end the lease for that building and with no other place to store the layout, RPI transferred the layout to the NMRA-NER for the purpose of saving what can be saved. The Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association  working together with the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society must now find new homes for pieces of its iconic NEB&W model railroad.  The priority for distribution is as follows. The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society will receive any items from the layout that they wish to use in future Model Railroad endeavors. We will try to honor requests from Alumni or former club members for items on the layout and will also work with any charities, museums, or railroads wishing to preserve a portion of the layout for display or exhibit. Remaining items will be sold by the NER.

Should you be interesting in an item from RPI’s NEB&W model railroad please contact us using this contact form with the following information.

• • For a complete section of the model railroad, please provide the cut number of the section desired.
  • For locomotives and or rolling stock, please provide the car number and the box the item is located in.
  • For structures, please provide the cut number, the photo number and a description of the desire structure in the photo.

Detailed information on the layout is provided in the following sections

• A virtual tour of the layout provided by Hudson Virtual Tours https://www.hudsonvirtualtours.com/work/2018/2/2/rensselaer-model-railroad-society-troy-ny
• Photos of the layout before it was cut up.
• Photos of the layout while it was being cut up.
• Locomotive and rolling stock photos and inventory spreadsheet.
• Structures organized by town and cut number