New "Midway" Station

New York Museum of Transportation car #161 pauses at the compact new “Midway” station at the current end of wire at Scanlon’s Curve. The new platform also involves a plank walkway to help our visitors safely cross from one side of the rails to the other. The platform was built by volunteers from NYMT, and will help facilitate transfers between our two operations over our shared demonstration railroad.

New volunteer crew training continues at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Musuem. Hands-on training is an important part of the process. At left, Brakeman Rick Israelson poses in front of his train led by the museum's former Lehigh Valley RS-3m 211. Below, Fireman Ron Amberger operates the 211 as part of his hands-on training. After his qualifying runs, he will have to pass a qualfying test before he can become an engineer on our museum railroad.

Time to work

Museum volunteer Dan Waterstraat has the controls of the museum's Cat 225 grader has he works to complete the grading for the first phase of LA&L siding. This is the smallest of the three graders the museum rosters as part of its historic construction equipment collection. Having a fleet of construction equipment and volunteers trained to operate them helps speed along our many excavation and grading projects, reducing the need for outside contractors. Photos by Christopher Hauf