This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published January 03, 2015 and can be found here.
The New York Museum of Transportation presents a 40-minute slide talk on the Rochester Subway. The show is at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, January 11, 2015 and is free with admission of $5 adults and $4 under age 12. Images from the museum's vast photo archive portray the Rochester Subway from construction, through operation, to its abandonment almost 60 years ago. The presentation of B&W and color slides will be narrated by the museum trustee, Jim Dierks...
Open Sundays only, the New York Museum of Transportation
features an array of full-size trolley cars, steam locomotive, antique highway and horse-drawn vehicles, smaller artifacts and a large model railroad.
The museum is located at 6393 East River Road
in West Henrietta, NY, just 20 minutes from downtown Rochester and easily reached from Exit 11 off I-390.
In the summer season, the museum joins with the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum to provide a unique visitor experience of two museums connected by trolley and train rides.
For more info call (585) 533-1113 or email [email protected] . And for a complete listing of the museum's winter event line-up, visit www.RochesterTrainRides.com
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