Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad — Attraction in Meredith

Myself and another adult took the two hour tour departing from Meredith Station. For a couple of extra dollars you can ride in the caboose, this was a great decision! We happened to be lucky on our train to be the only two passengers in the caboose and had the entire car to ourselves (complete with private bathroom for caboose riders only). The caboose has a converted coupala that has 4 benches in it (seating 1x comfortably per bench, but two can fit) with 360 degree views and furthering an awesome experience! The caboose also has seated tables on the main floor, we stayed up top except to eat our hobo lunch and to watch the engine switch from front of train to the rear for the return trip. Cash only on board for snacks and lunch, $12 gets you a filling delicious sandwich, fresh baked cookie, small bag of chips, a beverage and a souvenir drawstring bag or bindle stick (straight hobo status!). At the halfway point (end of the line) the engine is transferred from the front of the train to the rear so the caboose becomes the first car allowing you a more commanding view of the route ahead from the coupala. I was more than pleased with the value of this trip! Everyone of the staff from the station and the train we're sweet, kind, helpful and friendly! I only wish I had more time on my visit to New Hampshire to also experience the train route through "the notch" a more scenic and mountain route that is located at their station in Lincoln. Thank you for a great...

This railroad has its journey centred around Meredith train station and offers different rail journeys both towards the north as well as south of Meredith. We travelled in the 4 hour Fall Foliage Special train journey which took us to Plymouth up North via Ashland and then back to Meredith. The train itself was a heritage train with 3 classes of travel, comfortable but lacking in modern amenities possibly to retain the heritage experience. Lunch was served at the Common Man Inn near Plymouth station, which was a very pleasurable experience. On the way back, we had a brief halt at Ashland station and were greeted with attendants who were dressed in period attire and also provided us a peek at some very old railway station practices. We also had good views of a deer park, an old historic bridge, several lakes and a hydroelectric project. The main attraction of course was to be the beautiful colors of the fall foliage but unfortunately because of the earlier heavy rains, the colors of fall were not very radiant this year. The staff took good care of all the passengers and shared interesting titbits all along the journey. I must mention though that this railroad deserves a much better infrastructure at the Meredith station which should be at least at par with the infrastructure at Weir train station which is a few...

Well, I don't know what I was expecting, but maybe my hopes were a bit high. The people who work here are fantastic! Friendly, informative, and helpful. The train ride/scenery was a bit of a let down. More than half the time there wasn't much to see due to trees/woods/etc. You'll see more of Paugus Bay than Lake Winnipesaukee (or at least it feels that way). The train probably goes about 5-7mph. Not very fast. It goes down one side for about an hour. Stops, and then goes back up. It doesn't go around the lake or anything like that. The first class ticket may not be worth it unless it's really hot or really cold out. We were in it and the air conditioning was helpful with temps in the 90's and dew point over 70, but brought a lot of diesel fumes into the car. The windows do NOT open in the first class car. Maybe I'm just a bit too sensitive to smells. It's a fine attraction, but it'd be fine if you skipped it too. You won't be...