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UPDATED: February 20, 2005
Copyright 2003 by Les Wilson - all rights reserved
Greater Rochester Area Railroad Attractions
The following list is attractions, excursions, and museums within a 3 to 4 hour drive from Rochester.
Excursion trains shown with grey backgrounds. |
Days, hours and exhibits change, so please contact the organization directly for current information (and please pass it along to me so I can update the website!).
| Operating
Schedule Call ahead for to verify |
Attractions | |
| Adirondack Scenic Railroad Box 84 Thendara, NY 13472 (315) 369-6472 |
May - November, schedule varies | Tourist excursions. See also http://www.oftimes.com/scenicRR.html |
| Alco-Brooks
Railroad Display Chautauqua County Fairgrounds 513 Washington Ave. Dunkirk, NY 14048 (716) 366-3797 |
Saturdays, 1:00-3:00, June-August; daily during special events | Static Display. The Alco-Brooks Railroad Display features a locomotive, caboose, wood-sided box car and railroad-related exhibits. |
| Arcade & Attica Railroad 278 Main Street Arcade, NY 14009 (716) 496-9877 |
Schedule Varies | Steam excursions, museum - www.anarr.com |
| Caboose
Motel 8620 Rt. 415 Avoca, NY 14809 (607) 566-2216 |
Year Round | Motel features 5 cabooses turned into motel rooms |
| Central Square
Railroad Museum Railroad Avenue Marcellus, NY 13036 (315) 488-8208 |
May 1 - October 31, Sundays 12:00-5:00 | Museum in Ontario & Western depot |
| The
Children's Museum 311 Main Street Utica, NY 13501 (315) 724-6129 |
Year Round | Hands-on museum, static equipment displays, next to Utica Yard / Adirondack Scenic Railroad |
| Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad P.O. Box 681 Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-2429 |
Memorial Day - October 31 | Excursion train, museum. |
| Fort Erie
Railroad Museum Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada (905) 871-1412 |
Museum. Only 20 minutes from Niagara Falls. Steam locomotive, 2 century stations and railroad artifacts on display. | |
| Lake Shore Railway
Museum North East, PA (814) 825-2724 |
Museum. Equipment displays and indoor exhibits in a restored New York Central station adjacent to Conrail and Norfolk Southern mainlines. | |
| Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical
Park Box RR Manchester, NY 14504 (315) 289-6135 |
Call for hours | Museum in restored station in Shortsville |
| Martisco Station Museum Martisco Road Marcellus, NY 13108 (315) 488-8208 |
May 1 - October 31, 1:00-5:00 | Museum in restored 1870 New York Central station. |
| Medina Railroad Museum PO Box 136 530 West Avenue Medina, NY 14103 (585) 798-6106 |
Open daily Tues-Sun from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M | The Medina Railroad Museum, in conjunction with the WNYRHS and Genesee Valley Transportation are now hosting excursions on the Falls Road Railroad. Also be sure to check out their museum and large HO model train layouts in their NYC freight house turned museum - http://www.railroadmuseum.net/ |
| New York & Lake
Erie Railroad 50 Commercial Street P.O. Box 309 Gowanda, NY 14070 (716) 532-5716 |
Seasonal, hours vary, call for schedule | Excursion trains suspended until further notice - www.erielimited.com |
| New York Museum of Transportation 6393 East River Road West Henrietta, NY 14586 (585) 533-1113 |
Year Round, Sundays, 11:00-5:00 | Displays, model railroads, track car rides to/from the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. See also www.nymtmuseum.org |
| Ontario
Midland Railroad 48 Beldon Avenue Sodus, NY 14551 (315) 483-6914 |
Schedule to be announced - excursions usually take place weekends in September and October | Fall foliage excursions. For more information, see http://rochestertrainrides.com/ |
| Rail City
Historical Museum Route 3 Seaway Trail Sandy Creek, NY 13145 (315) 387-2932 or (315) 635-6250 |
May - October, weekends | Static displays |
| Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad
Museum 282 Rush Scottsville Road Rush NY 14543 (585) 533-1431 |
May - October, Sundays | Restored Erie Railroad depot, static displays, track car rides to/from New York Museum of Transportation. See also www.rochestertrainrides.com |
| Salamanca Rail Museum 170 Main Street Salamanca, NY 14779 (716) 945-3133 |
May - September, daily, closed Mondays April, October - December, closed January - March | Static displays. Restored Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh depot, with indoor displays and equipment outside. |
| Steamtown National Historic Site 150 South Washington Avenue Scranton, PA 18503 (717) 340-5200 |
Year round, daily, 9:00-5:00 | The mother of all railroad museums. Featuring plenty of static displays of steam engines (including the UP Big Boy), restored roundhouse, locomotive shops, steam excurions and educational displays. |
| Tioga Scenic Railroad 25 Delphine Street Owego, NY 13827 (607) 687-6786 |
July - October. | Excursions. http://www.tiogascenicrailroad.com/ |
| Tioga Central Railroad P.O. Box 269 Wellsboro, PA 16901 (717) 724-0990 |
Weekends, May 8 - October 24. | Excursion & dinner train on the Wellsboro & Corning Railroad. Reservations required for dinner trains. |
For more information on other railroad attractions in New York, Pennsylvania or Ontario, click on one of the following links:
New York: http://www.webunionstation.net/US_Map/ny.html
Pennsylvania: http://www.webunionstation.net/US_Map/pa.html
Ontario, Canada: http://www.webunionstation.net/Canada_Map/on.html
(note - I corrected these links - the .com version is an adult site -- the .net version is the correct address... I am sorry for any confusion this may have caused)
Information obtained from Trains '99 Guide to Recreational Railroading and Web Union Station.
UPDATED: February 20, 2005
Copyright 2003 by Les Wilson - all rights reserved