Ready for Diesel Days

The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is ready to host its special Diesel Days event this coming weekend, August 19-20. The museums will highlight the diesel locomotive during this two-day celebration. With six operating diesels from a small 45-ton switcher to a large 1000 and 1200 horsepower road-switchers, the museums plan to have several of the engines running. Locomotive and caboose rides are planned. Come on out, see, hear and take a ride on these historic locomotives. For more pictures of Diesel Days, please visit our Media Center.

Trolley Rides and Night Photo Shoot at Chapter Meeting

The Rochester Chapter NRHS meeting on August 17th will include trolley rides at the NYMT. Trains will leave Industry Depot starting at 6:00pm for the transfer point platform. From there, track cars will take you to the NYMT for a ride on the trolley. Return train service will be provided until 8:00pm. For photographers, there will be a trolley night photo shoot at the NYMT beginning around 8:30pm. Please plan to drive to the NYMT for this opportunity as there will be no train service after 8:00pm.

July Rochester Chapter NRHS meeting

Setting up for the July meeting... In June, July, and August, the Rochester Chapter NRHS holds general membership meetings at its Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. Less of a meeting and more of an operating session and open house, the R&GVRRM operates many of its pieces of equipment for the enjoyment of the meeting's participants. Guests are always welcome to come out to see what we are all about. For July, operations included the museum's two former U.S. Military locomotives, R&GV #1654 (GE 80-tonner) and U.S. Army #1843 (Fairbanks-Morse H12-44). More diesel operations are planned for the August meeting.

A little business... Usually kept to under ten minutes, Rochester Chapter NRHS President, Jeremy Tuke, holds a brief meeting in front of the former Erie Railroad Industry depot for a few announcements including the R&GVRRM's upcoming special events like Diesel Days.

7/20/06 - Coupling up...
The museum's F-M #1843 couples up to the museum's restored Erie caboose #C254 which is stored on Track 6. The museum's restoration building can been seen in the background. By later in 2006, the museum hopes to have the building tracks built and connected into Track 6.

Ready to go... USA 1843 is ready to depart north out of Track 6. The track on the right is the museum's mainline heading to the museum's Industry yard.

Southbound... Shoving south, #1843 and Erie C254 head to Industry yard to start the evening's ride operations.

Up the line... Stopped to allow passengers to swap consists, #1654 with our restored Penn Central transfer caboose #18526 and #1843/Erie C254 wait to head south back to Industry depot.