[3] The Air Line Trail runs along the edge of the property, as did the Connecticut Eastern railroad for which the museum is named.

The museum was able to reconstruct the roundhouse as part of a $400,000 grant package secured by Senator Donald Williams in 1998, as well as to complete site improvements and bring utilities to the property.

A replacement 60-foot, manually operated turntable was purchased from Edaville Railroad in 1994, moved to the site, and installed by museum volunteers.

[9] This building was first used as a train station in 1872 by the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad to serve Clarks Corner, just across the town line from Chaplin, Connecticut.

It was originally built as a commercial building, possibly a tin shop, and later converted for use as a train station for the small community.

[10] This small shanty housed a telegraph operator who would relay orders between the dispatcher and train crews.