NEB&W

Our day at the Student Union for accepted students day! Keep the good vibes rolling, comment your experiences with the club so new students know our rich history, it's important to remember!

Last weekend the club took a trip to Doug Dederick's layout for an ops session. Club had a great time and this was a few operators first session.

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society has recently gained access to the NEB&W page. We have an update on the present and future of the club.
In 2019 the NEB&W was cut up and moved to storage in the basement of 258 Hoosick. At the beginning of the Fall 2025 semester RPI planned to terminate the lease of 258 Hoosick. Since then, the focus of the club has been preserving as much of the historic NEB&W layout as possible by distributing the cuts of the layout to interested organizations and individuals. The lease of 258 Hoosick will end in February 2026. The club will receive new space in the ’87 Gym for a new layout.
For more information about the old NEB&W, please visit

NEB&W Home Page – NMRA Northeastern Region RPI’s New England Berkshire and Western model railroad was one of the most scenic railroads in the northeast. In 2019 RPI needed to perform construction where the layout was located. The layout was disassembled and moved into storage. The idea was to move the layout into a new permanent home on th...

Some great modeling on a HO scale Rutland and D&H layout.

NEB&W artwork on the layout.

One of the first structures on the layout was finished off with the help of John Nehrich. John provided the photo file to create the painted on advertisement adorned to the Hugh Duffy coal shed. The same structure was modeled on the NEB&W layouts rendition of Rutland.

Layout news.

NEB&W Home Page – NMRA Northeastern Region RPI’s New England Berkshire and Western model railroad was one of the most scenic railroads in the northeast. In 2019 RPI needed to perform construction where the layout was located. The layout was disassembled and moved into storage. The idea was to move the layout into a new permanent home on th...

An RPM Naperville summary has been posted on the Resin Car Works blog.

2025 RPM Naperville summary HO scale freight cars displayed by Tim VanMersbergen. The 2025 RPM Naperville prototype modeler event covered a few whirlwind days in northern Illinois. Modelers arrived from near and far to attend…

A summary of the Mid-Atlantic RPM has been posted on the DesignBuildOp blog.

2025 Mid-Atlantic RPM summary Dave Bott presents on his Southern Railway freight car fleet. I attended the Mid-Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modeler meet recently and had a great time. There were some great presentations and plen…

I updated the 1920s HO scale plastic freight car guide. Details are featured on the latest DesignBuildOp blog post.

Updated 1920s era plastic freight car guide Several months ago, a friend asked when I was going to update the guide to 1920s era HO scale plastic freight cars resource page. After some discussion, I realized there were several new models to …

Did you know there are eleven Railroad Prototype Modeler events on the schedule over the next few months? I was surprised, so it’s my latest blog post.

Upcoming RPM events Bob Cronin’s model display at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic RPM. In case you haven’t checked the RPM Calendar lately, you might be surprised to see eleven railroad prototype modeler (RPM) events befo…

A new kit update is the latest feature on the Resin Car Works blog.
http://blog.resincarworks.com/rcw-sneak-peek/