Season opens successfully!

With perfect weather, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum and its partner, the New York Museum of Transportation, opened our joint operations ride season on Sunday, May 20, 2012.   The museums will now be open and operating together every Sunday through the end of October 2012.   We hope you will come on out for a visit.  

R&GVRR GE 80-ton diesel locomotive shoves Erie Railroad caboose #C254 and Penn Central Railroad caboose #18526 toward the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Have a group and would like a weekday tour of the museums with or without a ride?    We do those as well.   Looking for a great place to have your child's birthday party?    We do that to.   Please contact our partner, the New York Museum of Transportation, here or give them a call at (585) 533-1113 to set your tour or party up.

Here are a few more photos from opening day.   Again, we hope to see you soon.




Enjoy trolley and train rides for opening day!

Opening day for the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is Sunday, May 20! Please come out and enjoy a fun day of trains at our museum! Your tour starts at the New York Museum of Transportation, where you will board a trolley for part of your journey. You'll transfer at Midway Station and board our diesel trains to complete your ride down to Industry Depot. Tour our restored depot, visit our displays and take a ride through history! We hope you'll join us throughout the season for special events at the museum. ALL ABOARD!