New Hampshire Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

Last revised: October 8, 2026

New Hampshire’s railroad museum is a string of depots, and one of them still sells a ticket. The Conway Scenic Railroad has run since August 4, 1974, from Nathaniel J. Bradlee’s 1874 station in North Conway, and the Boston & Maine Flying Yankee sits in the Conway yard under restoration. Ashland’s Boston, Concord & Montreal station of 1869 faces the line the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad uses in the fall. Gorham keeps a Grand Trunk stone depot of 1907 and a Baldwin 0-6-0 of 1911. Raymond and Sandown keep Boston & Maine-era depots on grades that are now the Rockingham Recreational Trail.

Sandown Historical Society & Museum's 1874 Nashua & Rochester depot

The preserved Nashua & Rochester 1874 depot in Sandown, New Hampshire, owned and operated by the Sandown Historical Society & Museum. Museum photo.

Which days North Conway, the Cog, the Hobo Railroad, and the lake train run is on the New Hampshire scenic-train guide. Confirm the museum doors on each site before you drive.

On this page: At a glance · New Hampshire railroads · North Conway · Ashland · Gorham · Raymond · Sandown · Other stops · Related reading

At a glance

Place	Town	What it is known for	Site
Conway Scenic Railroad	North Conway	Depot of 1874, Nathaniel J. Bradlee. First public train August 4, 1974. Flying Yankee in the Conway yard	conwayscenic.com · 2026 guide
Ashland Railroad Station	Ashland	Boston, Concord & Montreal passenger station of 1869. Museum dedicated June 26, 1999	ashlandnhhistory.org
Gorham Historical Society	Gorham	Grand Trunk stone depot of 1907. Baldwin 0-6-0 of 1911, lettered Grand Trunk	25 Railroad Street
Raymond Historical Society	Raymond	Depot of 1893, the third station on the site. Boston & Maine caboose of 1932	1 Depot Street
Sandown Depot Museum	Sandown	Nashua & Rochester depot of 1873–74, still on its original site	sandownnhdepot.org

New Hampshire railroads

The Boston, Concord & Montreal was chartered in 1844. Its line from Concord to Wells River, Vermont, opened on May 10, 1853, and Ashland was one of the towns on it. The Portsmouth & Concord reached Raymond in 1850. The Nashua & Rochester built through Sandown in 1874. The Grand Trunk reached Gorham in 1851 and opened the north country to summer hotels. The Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway finished the North Conway station in 1874, and the Boston & Maine absorbed that road in 1890. The Maine Central Mountain Division carried the passenger trains through Crawford Notch. The Boston & Maine gathered most of these lines into one map. A fuller account is on the New Hampshire railroads page. The Conway Branch, the Mountain Division, and the lake line are where the excursion trains run now. The Portsmouth Branch through Raymond, and the Nashua & Rochester through Sandown, are the Rockingham Recreational Trail.

North Conway and the Flying Yankee

North Conway station, at 38 Norcross Circle, was completed in 1874 for the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway. Nathaniel J. Bradlee designed the building. The Boston & Maine ended passenger service in 1961. The depot, the roundhouse, and the yard have been on the National Register since August 10, 1979. Dwight Smith, Carroll Reed, and William Levy incorporated the Conway Scenic Railroad in 1974, and the first public train left on August 4, 1974, over a piece of the old Conway Branch. Since 1995 the railroad has also run west from Intervale over the state-owned Mountain Division, the old Maine Central line through Crawford Notch. The Valley Train and the Mountaineer are the ordinary products. Which one is called, and which days steam is assigned, stay on the Conway Scenic guide and the state scenic page. Canadian National 0-6-0 No. 7470 last ran in the summer of 2022 and is under repair.

The Flying Yankee is Boston & Maine No. 6000, a three-car streamliner built in 1935 by the Budd Company with Electro-Motive machinery. The State of New Hampshire sold it to the Flying Yankee Association on July 24, 2024. On July 30, 2024, the train moved from Lincoln, where it had been since 2005, to the Conway Scenic yard. It sits on trucks, on rail it once used, while the association raises a shelter at 55 North Road in Conway. Open houses are the association’s. The train is a restoration project, and the ticket at North Conway station is the Conway Scenic’s.

Ashland

The Ashland Railroad Station Museum is the Boston, Concord & Montreal passenger station of 1869, at 69 Depot Street. The railroad’s first building here, opened in 1849 for both freight and passengers, still stands across the street and was turned over to freight when the new station went up. The Concord & Montreal remodeled the passenger station in 1891. A private owner bought it in 1960, and it was given to the Ashland Historical Society in 1980. The society restored it and dedicated the museum on June 26, 1999. The National Register listing is November 10, 1982. The public rooms are the two waiting rooms and the agent’s office, with the railroad collection inside them.

In the fall the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad stops at the platform. That calendar is on the scenic guide. The Hobo Railroad is the separate ride at Lincoln, on the Pemigewasset.

Gorham

The Gorham Historical Society and Railroad Museum occupies the Grand Trunk’s stone depot at 25 Railroad Street. The building went up in 1907. The society saved it from demolition in 1973. The Grand Trunk had reached Gorham in 1851, and the summer trade that followed is the town’s railroad story. The track beside the depot is the St. Lawrence & Atlantic, a Genesee & Wyoming railroad, still a freight line through the notch to Maine.

The steam locomotive on the property is a Baldwin 0-6-0 of 1911, built for the New England Gas & Coke Company and lettered for the Grand Trunk. The society rescued it from scrap in 1986. The museum posts its days. The engine is outdoors with the depot.

Raymond

The Raymond Historical Society keeps the Boston & Maine depot at 1 Depot Street. The Portsmouth & Concord opened service through town in 1850. The first station burned in 1878. Its replacement burned in 1892, in a fire that leveled much of the village, and the present building went up in 1893. The Boston & Maine bought the property two years later. The society was formed in 1969, restored the depot, and has held it as a museum since. The National Register listing is May 16, 1979. Original benches, the ticket windows, and the semaphore equipment are still in the building.

On the grounds are a small diesel switcher, a refrigerator car, and a Boston & Maine caboose of 1932. The caboose came out of the Portsmouth yards in 1996 and has been put back in the blue-and-red scheme it wore through Raymond at the end of service on the branch. The last trains on this line were around 1980. The grade is now the Rockingham Recreational Trail. The society posts its open days.

Sandown

The Sandown depot was built in 1873–74 by the Nashua & Rochester, and the first trains ran in 1874. Debt pushed the little road into a reorganization, and the Boston & Maine absorbed it. The station had a telegraph office, separate waiting rooms, and a siding long enough for a long cut of cars, which made it the civic building of a small town. The rails came up in 1935. The state highway department used the building for storage until 1977, when the Sandown Historical Society & Museum was formed to put it back as a depot and open it as the town museum. It still stands where the Nashua & Rochester built it, beside the Rockingham Recreational Trail. The National Register listing is 1986. The society posts the season.

Other New Hampshire stops

Hartmann Model Railroad, at Intervale in Bartlett, is a layout museum beside the old Maine Central. The exhibit is the model railroad. The museum posts its days.

The Mount Washington Cog Railway opened in 1869 and is still the rack railroad to the summit. The Hobo Railroad boards at Lincoln. White Mountain Central is the steam train at Clark’s Trading Post, also in Lincoln. Café Lafayette, when it is selling dinner trips in the Lincoln and North Woodstock area, is a dining train. All four calendars are on the scenic guide.

Sources

Conway Scenic Railroad, conwayscenic.com: station completed 1874; first public train August 4, 1974; Dwight Smith with Carroll Reed and William Levy. North Conway Depot and Railroad Yard, National Register August 10, 1979, reference 79003792, Nathaniel J. Bradlee, Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway, Boston & Maine from 1890, passenger service ended 1961. Address 38 Norcross Circle. Canadian National 0-6-0 No. 7470 follows the Conway Scenic guide of August 31, 2026: last ran in the summer of 2022, under repair. Flying Yankee, Boston & Maine 6000, Budd and Electro-Motive, 1935. Flying Yankee Association: state sale July 24, 2024; move from Lincoln to Conway July 30, 2024; open houses from 55 North Road.
Ashland Historical Society: passenger station of 1869 at 69 Depot Street; 1849 freight building across the street; remodeled 1891; given to the society in 1980; museum dedicated June 26, 1999. National Register November 10, 1982, reference 82000617. Boston, Concord & Montreal chartered 1844; Concord to Wells River, May 10, 1853. Winnipesaukee Scenic stops follow the society and the New Hampshire scenic-train guide. Gorham Historical Society: stone depot of 1907 at 25 Railroad Street, saved in 1973. Grand Trunk arrival, 1851. Baldwin 0-6-0 of 1911, built for New England Gas & Coke, lettered Grand Trunk, rescued in 1986. The line is the St. Lawrence & Atlantic.
Raymond depot: 1 Depot Street, built 1893 after the fires of 1878 and 1892; Portsmouth & Concord service from 1850; Boston & Maine purchase two years after the 1893 building, from the National Register nomination. Listed May 16, 1979, reference 79000209. Society formed 1969. Boston & Maine caboose of 1932. Sandown Historical Society: depot of 1873–74, Nashua & Rochester, first trains 1874, rails removed 1935, society formed 1977, National Register 1986. Mount Washington Cog, 1869, and the Lincoln rides follow the New Hampshire scenic-train guide.

Confirm hours and which locomotive is on the property before you travel. Tickets are sold by the museums and the railroads.

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