NWV Model Railroad Association

Upcoming NWV Events:

See our Events page for more information!

What’s New:

12/16/2025 – Added photos of the HO and N-scale layouts from the Essex Train Hop and NWV Open House events to the Photos Gallery page.

12/16/2025 – Calendar page – Updated the Calendar through January.

11/20/2025 – Education page – Added N-Circle Update 29 describing building a Rural Farm Scene T-Trak module.

11/13/2025 – Calendar page – Updated the Calendar through December.

10/23/2025 – Education page – Added N-Circle Update 28 describing building a Fast Food Restaurants T-Trak module using 3-D printed structures.

10/23/2025 – Events page – Added information about the March 14, 2026 Vermont Rails show.

10/15/2025 – HO Scale Main Layout page – Added the progress report from the October membership meeting for the HO layout expansion.

10/13/2025 – About Us page – Updated the history of NWV events through 2025. The history goes back to the organization’s formation in 1978!

10/5/2025 – Added photos of the NWV’s T-Trak layout at the October 4 White River Junction show to the Photos Gallery page.

10/3/2025 – Education page – Added a new section for the development of T-Trak modules for the NWV’s T-Trak modular layout. Added Chris Weinberg’s description of his development of a city scene on an endcap module.

10/3/2025 – Added more photos of the NWV’s Main HO Layout pre-2008 to the Photos Gallery page.

7/25/2025 – HO Scale Modular Layout page – Added a presentation updating completion of the new track blocks to go between modules.

5/23/2025 – HO Scale Main Layout page – Added a direct link to the latest photos of the HO layout expansion

1/19/2025 – Membership page – Added the “Layout Personal Use” policy

– Education page – Added a link to the NWV’s YouTube videos page.

The NWV Model Railroad Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about model railroading and promoting the hobby. We have a permanent HO-scale model railroad layout in Essex Junction, Vermont, and we have portable layouts in multiple scales which we display at events in the region throughout the year.

We are also informally known as “the NWV,” which is an abbreviation for the Northwestern Vermont Model Railroad Society, our original name before re-organizing as a non-profit organization in 2008. The goal of this web site is to provide you with useful information about our organization and this timeless and fascinating hobby, to encourage you to join us in the enjoyment of model railroading.

The NWV is currently building an exciting expansion to our home HO layout, which will nearly double its size! Details of the expansion can be found on the “HO Scale Main Layout” page. We also have a new N-scale T-Trak modular group which has displayed their growing collection of modules at six events to date.

Here are a couple of photos of our home HO layout taken at our December 2023 open house, go to the “Photos Gallery” page to see more.

And our new N-scale modular T-Trak layout, also taken at our December 2023 open house, go to the “Photos Gallery” page to see more.

Photographs of our traveling HO scale modular layout can be seen in the “Photos Gallery” page too.

To learn more about our weekly activities, visit the “Calendar” page, where you will see current events, in addition to some of the activities from recent months.

You also can find us on Facebook by clicking here to learn about our latest activities!

Thinking about joining the NWV Model Railroad Association??

Well, think no more. The NWV is open for new memberships. See our our “Membership” page for more information about joining the NWV.

While “sheltering in place” these past few years to avoid COVID, some of the modeling work that the members have done at home is posted on this site. Click on our “Education” and “Photos Gallery” pages to see some of their work. Enjoy!

Feel free to browse around this site. If you have comments or questions, or simply need more information and want to contact us, click on the “About Us” button.

While the operation of this web site is checked as changes are made, broken links, typos and incorrect information has made it through the testing process. Please report any errors or links that don’t work properly to webmaster@nwvrailroad.org.

Thank you.