Boston → Wolfeboro
The old line to the lake, running again.
Step inside the 1872 depot, then drive model trains from your phone through 3D-printed replicas of every town on the route.
Boston → Wolfeboro
Each significant town is 3D-printed from period photographs and surveys, and paired with a video walk-through of the real place. Select a station.
The line begins in the city, among the trolley lines, Filene's and the Longfellow Bridge, with the USS Constitution and Bunker Hill along the waterfront. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Longfellow Bridge, trolley line
Walk-through
City terminal · 4 min
The seaport on the Piscataqua, home to the Frank Jones and Eldredge breweries, the Morley Button Factory and the Music Hall. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Breweries, Music Hall, Strawbery Banke
Walk-through
Seaport · 3 min
Mill city on the Cocheco River, where the Cocheco Manufacturing mills lined the falls beside Dover Station. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Cocheco mills & Dover Station
Walk-through
Mill yard · 4 min
A busy junction town with the Cocheco Woolen Mfg. Co. and Cold Spring Park. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Woolen mill & Cold Spring Park
Walk-through
Junction · 3 min
Wakefield and Sanbornville, with the Sanbornville station, Union Hotel and Lovell Lake. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Sanbornville Station & Union Hotel
Walk-through
Station stop · 3 min
A village stop with its station and freight house near Ossipee Lake. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Station & freight house
Walk-through
Lakeside village · 2 min
Gateway to the White Mountains, below Mt. Washington and Cannon Mountain, home of the Old Man of the Mountain. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Mt. Washington & turntable
Walk-through
Mountain gateway · 4 min
Mill village on the Smith River between Lake Wentworth and the lake, built around the Berry Mill complex. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Berry Mill complex
Walk-through
Smith River mills · 3 min
End of the line on Lake Winnipesaukee, where trains met the SS Mt. Washington at the town wharf. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Town wharf, Back Bay & Brewster Academy
Walk-through
Lakeside arrival · 5 min
Behind the depot wall: the dispatch desk where staff and students monitor every locomotive, and set routes for the whole layout. [copy placeholder]
3D model
Dispatch desk & signal board
Walk-through
Behind the scenes · 4 min
Stations & mileage are placeholders pending archive review · Pin positions approximate
Exhibit 01Drive
Pair your phone with a locomotive and run it along the historic route.
Exhibit 02Build
Every significant stop, modeled from archive photos and surveys.
Exhibit 03Watch
Short films pair each model town with the real place, then and now.
Exhibit 04Coming soon
VR rides in the engine cab, remote operation, and interactive workshops.
Take the throttle
Pair your phone with a locomotive and run it along the layout. Control speed, whistle and switches along the route of the historic line.
Book a run time at the desk or in the app.
Connect your phone to a locomotive.
Run the line from Boston to Wolfeboro.
S.T.E.A.M.
K–12
Science · Technology · History
Field trips and workshops for grades K–12 and scout troops, built around the physics, electronics and local history behind the rails.
Gears, friction and grades, tested on the layout.
Wire a working block signal and see how trains avoid collisions.
Model a building in CAD and print it for the layout.
Local history through maps, timetables and photographs.
Visit & Events
Lakes Region Model Railroad Museum
Admit One
No. 001872 · Not transferable
Good for one passage
Buy ticketsSupport the Museum
Memberships, donations and volunteer hours pay for new towns, new locomotives and free school visits.
