The Arcade and Attica RR offers a two-hour scenic train ride. Fall foliage train rides as well as numerous special event train rides run through the western New York countryside.
Travel through the panoramic Catskill Mountains along the Delaware River for a 100 minute round trip scenic train ride aboard the Delaware & Ulster Railroad. Dinner train and special events run from May through October. Directions.
Finger Lakes Scenic Railway offers a variety of special event and themed scenic train rides. Excursions run all year-round on the railways 118 miles of track. Train departures originate from several locations. See website for the latest schedule.
The Medina Railroad Museum is housed in a former 1905 New York Central freight depot. Exhibits include a large array of railroad displays, memorabilia, models and artifacts. The Falls Branch Railroad and the Erie Canel Excursion Train offers a leisurely 34-mi. round trip (2 hour) ride through the scenic Erie Canal Heritage Corridor aboard comfortable vintage 1947 Budd passenger coaches. Themed train rides include a Day with Thomas, a Winery train, a Scenic Fall foliage train ride as well as a scenic 2 hour Santa train ride in December. The Medina RR Museum houses one of the largest (204ft x14ft) prototypical HO scale layouts in the country. Directions.
Ride in vintage rail cars and locomotives through the scenic wilderness of the upper Susquehanna River Valley. The Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad train ride crosses the river twice over two steel-truss bridges, and travels through a variety of landscapes. The beautifully restored 1869 Milford Depot, offers visitors a wide variety of exhibits and displays. Train charters and Guest Engineer Programs also available.Directions.
The Catskill Mountain Railroad offers a 12 mile, 90 minute scenic train ride that follows along Esopus Creek. Ride along the tracks of the old Ulster & Delaware Railroad, that carried vital freight and tourist traffic to and from the Catskills until 1954. Fall Foliage train rides run through out October. Educational Programs for youth groups and school offered June through October. Directions.
The Upper Hudson River Railroad operates seasonal train ride excursions and special events along 40 miles of the former Adirondack Branch of the D&H Railroad. Scenic train rides follow the Hudson River, through the Adirondack Mountains. Some of the special events include Fall Foliage, Hayride Train, Trick-or Treat Train, Magical Christmas Train as well as a Day out with Thomas. The Adirondacks breathtaking colors are best viewed during autumn as your scenic train travels along the upper reaches of the picturesque Hudson River. Directions.
The Saratoga & North Creek Railway has begun tourist train operation Thursday through Monday until the end of October. It offers both Coach and Dome service on the trips between Saratoga and North Creek. Scenic train rides include Fall Colors in the Adirondacks, Scenic Gondola Skyride packages, Ales on Rails, along with Polar Express.Directions
The Oyster Bay Railroad Museum’s Preview Center, a former 1889 Long Island Railroad passenger station , is open weekly. It is located in downtown Oyster Bay. Highlights of the museum include interactive, hands-on and audio-visual exhibits, along with descriptions of their ambitious plans for the museum's expansion. Museum also has a gift shop with an ever changing variety of items for that special train enthusiast. Rolling stock includes a 1928 PRR ten-wheeler, 4-6-0, number 35, along with several vintage rail cars. Directions.
Phoenicia Station was purchased in 1985 by the Empire State Railway Museum, Inc. and the SHARP committee, a community based redevelopment agency. After substantial renovations, the former baggage room is now an exhibition gallery for the Museum's collection of photographs and local railroad artifacts.
The museum was founded in 1971 when the Rochester Chapter purchased the Erie Railroad's Industry, NY depot from the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. In 1995, volunteers drove the golden spike on a two-mile railroad that joins the museum to the New York Museum of Transportation, and began operating track car rides between the two museums regularly the following year. The museum currently rosters over 40 pieces of railroad rolling stock including nine operating diesel-electric locomotives, two steam locomotives undergoing restoration to operating condition, six cabooses, seven freight cars, a New York Central Empire State Express giant model railroad train set, and several other passenger cars amongst other railroad rolling stock and exhibits of trolley cars. Limited train and trolley rides. Directions.
The Adirondack Scenic Railroad train rides travel over the former NYC lines between Utica and Lake Placid, N.Y. Take a scenic excursion train ride in climate control coaches or open cars through Adirondack Park. Railroad offers many different scenic train rides departing from Utica's grand 1914 Union Station, Thendara Station near Old Forge, Saranac Lake Union Depot and Lake Placid Station in the beautiful Olympic Village of Lake Placid, New York. Special trains include Murder Mystery, a Polar Express, ghost trains and wine tastings trains. The Polar Express Train takes passengers from Utica to a North Pole display in Holland Patent, N.Y., where kids meet with Santa Claus. Readings from the book "The Polar Express " and snippets from the Polar Express movie run during the trip. Directions.
UTICA UNION STATION
Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Union Station
Visitors enjoy a unique ride experience with a 2-mile round trip interurban trolley excursion that connects to a diesel train. The combined ride links the New York Museum of Transportation with the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum’.s country depot and railroad equipment collection. The trolley portion of the ride is the only such operation in New York State, and the diesel train ride adds a special thrill for railfans young and old. The diesel connection operates on special event days the summer. On Sundays, authentic track cars that once served “gandy dancers” connect with the trolley. No reservations needed. Directions.
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