Published on Tuesday 3 February 2026 by Model Railway Quest
On Day One of our Great American Model Rail Road Trip - we wanted to taste the real Amtrak's railroad experience. So we hopped aboard The Floridian for what we thought was going to be a 7 hour journey... we were wrong!
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Episode 2: A little town that should be on every railroader's bucket list: including the National Toy Train Museum, Choo Choo Barn, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the Strasburg Railroad - plus some real railroad coffee.
Episode 3: What happened when we stayed in a real caboose - the Red Caboose Motel.
Episode 4: "Turning up unannounced" at the home of Mike and Julia to see Mike's magnificent O scale model railroad - which has been all over the world (in some form or other!)
Episode 5: The Amherst Rail Road Hobby Show 2026 ... behind the scenes, including a special ride on the Brunch Express to Hartford, Connecticut.. and... Snowmaggedon!
Episode 6: The Women in Model Railroading talk and special operating session.
All this and more!
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🚂 The Stafford Model Railway Show 2025: youtu.be/EmHmKlcnC4Y
🚂What is this? We've never seen a train set like this before! youtu.be/ms631fYHxDI
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Our special thanks to:
John Sacerdote, Greg Maas and the Amherst Railway Society for inviting us and making us feel so welcome.
Michelle, Nancy and Madison from the Women in Model Railroading SIG for such a great event.
Gordy and the NMRA for looking after us at our very first Amherst show.
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