RPI’s New England Berkshire and Western model railroad was one of the most scenic model railroads in the northeast. In 2019 RPI needed to use the layout’s space for a different purpose. The layout was disassembled and moved into storage. The idea was to move the layout into a new permanent home on the ground floor of a leased building. Unfortunately, RPI decided to end the lease for that building and with no other place to store the layout, RPI transferred the layout to the NMRA-NER for the purpose of saving what can be saved.

The Northeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association working together with the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society must now find new homes for pieces of its iconic NEB&W model railroad. This site presents photos of the layout during and after it was cut up.