HUB Division Information

HUB Division

The HUB Division was chartered on October 11, 1958 by the Northeastern Region (NER) of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), and is presently a registered 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization. We have served the Boston and Eastern Massachusetts area model railroaders and general public for over 50 years, beginning with our first meeting in Worcester in 1959 and hosting our first NMRA Northeastern Region convention only five years later in 1963. The HUB Division has over 400 members.

The "HUB" in our name comes from the nickname for the city of Boston, which is sometimes referred to as the "Hub of New England". The name is also used by the HUB Modular Railroad Group as an acronym for "Housatonic, Upton & Boston" Railroad.