CTMQ

Destroying the myth that there is nothing to do here

green mountain modern house
  • CTMQ’s Town Guides
    • Town Completion Celebrations
  • Museums
    • Museum Visits
  • Hikes, Bikes, & Paddles
    • CFPA Blue Trails Challenge
    • Land Trust Trails
    • State Parks, Forests, Reserves, Preserves, & WMAs
    • Town Trails
  • Food & Drink
    • Best, Historic, & Unique Restaurants & Foods
    • Classic Diners & True Taverns
    • Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
    • Breweries, Brewpubs, & Cideries
    • Wineries & Meaderies
    • Distilleries
  • Everything Else
    • National Designations
    • Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests
    • Geography
    • Biology & Geology
    • Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events
    • Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses
    • Towers, Bridges, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Airports, & Ferries
    • Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art
    • Cultural & Historic Trails
    • Books, Movies, People, & Stories
  • Non-CT
    • Travel & Vacations
    • Highpointing and Peakbagging
    • Top 100 Novels Project
    • Oscar Movies Project
  • About
    • FAQ
    • Family
    • Smith-Magenis Syndrome
    • Press
CTMQ > Trains and Trolleys

262. Danbury Railway Museum

Leave a Comment

262. Danbury Railway Museum

Hoppin’ The Turnstiles Danbury (Google Maps location) May 24, 2014 It may surprise you to learn that the Danbury Railway Museum has only existed since 1996. It just seems like the kind of place that has always been there... in the heart of Danbury and its serpentine maze of streets. Which, now that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Danbury, Fairfield County, Hoang, Model Trains, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

257. Boothe Memorial Railway Society Museum

Leave a Comment

257. Boothe Memorial Railway Society Museum

They’re Not Booing, They’re saying “Boooooooooooooothe!” Stratford (Google Maps location) October 19, 2013 I love Boothe Memorial Park. Love it silly. Quirky, historic, beloved… all that good stuff. I also hate Boothe Memorial Park. How does someone like me deal with this place? There are a slew of museums … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: boothe memorial park, Calvin, Damian, Fairfield County, Free Museums, Hoang, Model Trains, Stratford, Trains and Trolleys

444. Milldale Train Depot Museum

1 Comment

444. Milldale Train Depot Museum

It Happened to Me Southington (Google Maps location) June 22, 2019 Historic preservation is a funny thing. A lot of what gets saved is obvious, but a lot is not. Take, for instance, the Milldale Train Depot, a tiny little building in Southington not unlike hundreds, if not thousands, of very similar little depot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Southington, Tiny Museums, Trains and Trolleys

Tidal Marsh Trail

Leave a Comment

Tidal Marsh Trail

Target This Hike Tidal Marsh Trail, North Haven April 2019 I must admit that I didn't plan to target his hike behind Target. Calvin and I spent the bulk of the day in New Haven, but then ventured out here - to North Haven's sea of strip malls, chain restaurants, and box stores - in order to find a little museum. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Birds, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven County, North Haven, North haven trail association, Trains and Trolleys

271. Connecticut Trolley Museum

Leave a Comment

271. Connecticut Trolley Museum

A Desire Named Streetcar East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 The Connecticut Trolley Museum's current slogan is, "Where History Moves You." And I think that's pretty great. For me and my boys, that slogan only has literal meaning; that is, we took a 3-mile historic trolley ride through the wilds of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Windsor, Hartford County, Trains and Trolleys

TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park

Leave a Comment

TSTL’17.10: Gillette Castle State Park

The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #10 Gillette Castle State Park, East Haddam & Lyme April 8, 2017 Lazy/tired/illiterate readers, you’re going to like this page. I don’t really plan on writing too much at all. Me? Not write way too much? That’s right. After all, I’ve written about Gillette … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Lyme, Middlesex County, New London County, Roads and Tunnels, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Trains and Trolleys

208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park

1 Comment

208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park

A Monumental Park Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 Here's the deal: This place isn't a museum and this page isn't going to get you to hop in your car and drive there. When I originally visited in 2011, I had read/seen it somewhere that someone called this park an "outdoor museum." And it got on my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Forts, Free Museums, Middlesex County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Old Saybrook, Outdoor Museums, Trains and Trolleys

A Cardinal House’s Train Layout

Leave a Comment

A Cardinal House’s Train Layout

One Cardinal Rule Here A Cardinal House Train Layout December 27, 2015 There are many lists on CTMQ. I like my lists. One such list I’ve maintained is the one over in the Railfan Depot, which is essentially “everything having to do with trains in Connecticut.” This of course includes “worthy model train … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Christmas, Damian, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Model Trains, Trains and Trolleys

WLT: Shookies Pond

Leave a Comment

WLT: Shookies Pond

Awwww, Shookie-Shookie Shookies Pond, Wallingford Land Trust January 16, 2015 Am I a jerk? No, really. Am I? Yeah, probably to some degree. If you’ve read my Wallingford Land Trust pages, you probably think I’m a jerk. I’m an observational editorialist with years of experience. If a trail or property is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, New Haven County, Trains and Trolleys, Wallingford, wallingford Land Trust

Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel

Leave a Comment

Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel

No Isht Sherlock Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail Tunnel, East Haddam August 10, 2014 See also: 2017 hike around the park (with tunnel again!) “There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet Indeed. With so few tunnels in our small state, I can certainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Civil Engineering, Everything Else, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Middlesex County, Model Trains, Roads and Tunnels, Trains and Trolleys

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

Become a CTMQ Patron!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Press & Media Inquiries

Latest Museum Visits

The heart of CTMQ

Totally Random Post!

  • East Hartford Nature ParkEast Hartford Nature Park

Sponsored Links

Recent Comments

  • Denise Eldridge on I AM A GIANT MASTER
  • W. Rose on New England 50 Finest
  • claudia uehlein on Clinton Land Conservation Trust Intro
  • Padraic W Hagan on Lost Ruby Farm
  • Madi on Beelzebub Road, South Windsor
Disclaimer
Mission Statement
Copyright © 2020 - CTMQ