Trolleys at the New York Museum of Transportation

The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum operates for the public in partnership with the New York Museum of Transportation. Each museum is an independent group and each museum is located at either end of a shared two mile demonstration railroad. Our dual museum operation is truly unique! While the R&GVRRM collection is concentrated around railroad equipment, the NYMT has concentrated its efforts on trolleys and interurbans with the goal of electrifying a portion of the dual museum demonstration railroad. That goal has been reached in part with a portion of the railroad already under trolley wire. Public trolley operations were begun in 2006, and they are now an every Sunday (mid-May through October) offering of the museums. This video highlights some of the first public operations using one of the NYMT's two ex-Philadelphia & Western "Strafford" cars, the #168. Since this video was shot, the ride has been extended and will be extended even further for the 2008 season! We hope you will come visit our two museums soon and ride the trolleys!
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