An Organization for People Who Like Trains
It all started when a hardy group of "Railroad Enthusiasts" chartered a special train for a ride over the Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Railroad on August 26, 1934 – the first "railfan trip" in the United States. Over the ensuing decades the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts has sponsored hundreds of train excursions: steam-powered trips from Boston through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, mainline runs on the Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, Maine Central and New Haven Railroads, and explorations of obscure or now-abandoned branch lines around New England and beyond. We've journeyed to paper mills in Maine and rolled past gigantic asbestos mines in Quebec. Indeed, there are very few rail lines in New England whose tracks have not been traversed by a Mass Bay RRE excursion train at some time.
Today, Mass Bay RRE continues to organize specially-chartered train excursions in cooperation with railroads throughout the Northeast. Two or more trips are generally operated each year, carrying hundreds of railfans and members of the general public.
Mass Bay RRE's nationally-recognized newsletter, The Callboy, is sent to our members ten times each year. We also offer monthly on-line meetings featuring programs on railroad history and operations. We sponsor the Mass Bay RRE Railroad Preservation Fund and also administer the H. Albert Webb Memorial Railroad Preservation Award, providing annual grants to preserve historically significant railroad equipment, structures or information from New England railroads.
You should join Mass Bay RRE!
- Charter train excursions on railroads throughout New England – discounted train fares for Mass Bay RRE members.
- Monthly Zoom program meetings on a variety of railroad topics.
- Members receive The Callboy, our newsletter filled with railroad news, features, history and listings of coming events, published up to 10 times a year.
- Be part of one of the largest rail enthusiast groups in the country with over 1,000 members nationwide.
