The Freight House and RDC 6211 will reopen for the season on Saturday, April 12. This year’s regular hours will be 1 pm to 5 pm on Saturdays and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays. The schedule depends on the availability of volunteer shopkeepers and might vary occasionally.
The Freight House will have a new look this year. The major change is the replacement of the old model railroad with a museum-quality diorama. Expected to arrive in late May and roughly 3 feet wide by 13 feet long, it is a carefully researched and highly detailed HO-scale replica of the Boston & Maine Railroad’s Bedford terminal as it was in the early 1950s. The Freight House interior is currently being repainted and is scheduled to receive all new lighting before the reopening.