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For the past your I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my website, ModelTrainsWithLarry.com. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? I'll start with this list for the New England region of the United States. New England is the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) in beautiful New England are: 10. Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, Connecticut 9. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. and Museum in Portland, Maine 8. Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts 7. Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine 6. Beaver Brook Farm and Transportation Museum in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire 5. Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, Connecticut 4. Rutland Railway Association Museum in Rutland, Vermont 3. Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut 2. Boothbay Railway Village in Boothbay, Maine ...and the most popular railroading museum in the New England is... 1. Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Connecticut Museums not making my top 10 were Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum in Lenox, Massachusetts; Gorham Railroad Station and Historical Society in Gorham, New Hampshire; Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts; Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, Connecticut; Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum in Alna, Maine; Swanton Railroad Depot Museum in Swanton, Vermont. So Connecticut and Maine really dominated this list, but all of the states were in the top ten. Well, all except Rhode Island, but that is partly because I don't know of any railroading museum in little Rhody. I compiled this list by searching for the railroading museums listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. Check out my complete list of Railroading Museums at www.ModelTrainsWithLarry.com.
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