The boys met with Santa🎅🏻 and Mrs. Claus🤶, had complimentary cookies 🍪 and hot chocolate & rang the bell 🔔 in a trolley snow sweeper.
The Midtown Plaza Monorail exhibit brought back memories of Christmas at that downtown shopping mall. The exhibit features the two-car train suspended from its original rails, along with photos and descriptions of the monorail’s history.
🚂 A popular attraction at the museum is the model railroad room with its huge HO gauge model railroad running several trains at once. A 20-foot-long N gauge representation of the Rochester Subway provides a complete view of the Subway from Rowland’s Loop to the car barns on Rochester’s northwest side.
🗓️ Two more dates left to reserve: December 16th and 17th
🎟️ Admission including the trolley ride is $17 adults, $13 age 3 - 14.
⏰ Rides depart at 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45 & 3:30.
🕞 Reservations are required: www.nymtmuseum.org/Christmas
📍The New York Museum of Transportation is located just 20 minutes south of Rochester at 6393 East River Road in Rush, and can be reached from
I-390 exit 11.
The only operating trolley museum in New York State features a ride through the country that harks back to the era of interurban trolleys carrying holiday shoppers between cities and their rural homes. The vintage trolley car is heated and ticks off the miles in style as it has for almost a century.
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