Time was when steam locomotives, pulling 75-car freight trains, huffed and puffed in and out of Sandown. Built in 1873, the Sandown Station on the W.N.& P. (Worcester, Nashua and Portland) line served the busiest single-track line in the country. As many as 18 regular freights and six passenger car trains passed through town every day.

The Sandown Historical Society was established in 1978 to restore the depot to its former glory.

In the "Men's Waiting Room" are an old pot-bellied stove and a waiting bench. You can try "Morse Code" on the telegraph key or ring the old crank telephone.

Display cases contain many railroad artifacts, as well as tools and other items that were once part of Sandown's everyday life.

The Society's proudest possessions are two flanger cars, a velocipede, and a motorcar (putt-putt) on the tracks.

Located in Sandown center on Rte 121-A, the museum is open Saturdays and Sundays 1-5 pm from May-October. A gift shop offers souvenir maps, cookbooks, postcards, train whistles and T-shirts.