The Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About the BSMRM:
The Museum is a non-profit organization operated by sustaining members. We are open to the public during Open House Train Shows which we have a few weekends each year in October, November, March and May. Open Houses are the best time to visit as we will have our N, HO and O scale layouts in top shape and running lots of trains for your enjoyment. Click here for more information about Open Houses.
On select Wednesday Train Nights throughout the year we also offer the chance for visitors to see our sustaining members working on the layouts, running trains in "operating sessions" and performing other activities that support of the Museum. Click here for more information about Wednesday night visits.
Finally, we are also offering a new General Membership for people who want to support the work of the museum to promote the hobby of model railroading in the Boston area. General members also have additional benefits. Find out more about General Membership here.
Please click the About menu for additional information about the history of the BSMRM.
What's New:
Check out WGBH's new Instagram about us HERE
Tickets for our October 5th 2025 Open House went on sale and were sold out in 48 hours (yikes!). If you did not get a ticket, be sure to sign-up for our email list using the subscribe form at the bottom of this page to be notified as soon as tickets go on sale for Open Houses. If you did get tickets, we look forward to seeing you the 1st Sunday of October. Our next Open House will be the weekend before Thanksgiving (2 days).
We have started a new Projects section of our website (see the site menu above) where we will describe different projects at the BSMRM. There is one page now on how one of our sustaining members converted a Bachman trains N scale "Emily" locomotive from the Thomas the Tank Engine collection to DCC. Soon we hope to have another post on the new layout control panels that the N scale members are installing. Stay tuned for more posts in the future!
About “General Membership” for friends of the BSMRM!
The General Membership is intended for people who would like to support the work of the museum to promote model railroading in our community and to gain access to unique benefits including:
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8 free admissions per year to BSMRM Train show Open House Events!
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Early bookings to Open House Train shows before tickets go on sale to everyone.
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Admission to select Wednesday “General Member” only event nights.
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Additional benefits to be announced!
Cost is $50 and is valid for one year. Please click the button below to find out more and sign up:
BSMRM on YouTube
Check out some of the great videos of the BSMRM that people have uploaded to YouTube:
About the club videos:
Courtesy of Michael Richards and Danny Dang
How to find us:
Mass Transit:
Parking:
The MTBA Roslindale station is just steps away from our door: Needham Line | Commuter Rail | MBTA
Boston Municipal Lot #8 across the street, 2hr limit M-Sat: here
Roslindale Station MBTA Lot $2 per day: here
Street parking around Roslindale Square, 2hr limit, M-Sat
Contact Us:
Please use the form below if you want to ask a question, etc.
If you just want to join our email list, do NOT use this form,
use the SUBSCRIBE form at the bottom of the page.
Subscribe to our email list:
(617) 327-4341