Reading this on your phone or tablet? Download our new app on Google Play and the Apple store. AVON – A wide-ranging forest fire tore through a large patch of woodland between Pole Bridge Road, Papermill Road, Avon Geneseo Road and Triphammer Road on a quiet, calm Wednesday evening, scorching the earth, underbrush, and large trees for about a square mile of terrain that was only accessible on foot and by all-terrain vehicles (ATV's). The … [Read more...]
Trolleys at Twilight in Rush to be fun for all
RUSH — Recreating the “trolley park” experience of a century ago, The New York Museum of Transportation presents Trolleys at Twilight, July 20. Trolley rides will operate continuously throughout the evening, and the museum model railroad will be alive with miniature trains. As the sun sets, there will be unique opportunities for night photography. The Pittsford Fire Department Band will be performing and refreshments such as Bruster’s ice … [Read more...]
Railroad Day is just the ticket for Father’s Day
RUSH — Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum hosted Railroad Day on Father’s Day. The railroad museum welcomed visitors to tour the museum, and participate in interactive activity including an authentic trolley ride. “We do Railroad Days every year and we concentrate on railroad history and preservation,” said Jim Dierks, Trustee for The Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. The 1927 trolley, which beats the standard of really … [Read more...]
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Presents: Railroad Days
RUSH -- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is hosting Railroad Day on June 16th. Interactive activity will take place throughout the day, including driving railroad spikes, coupling cars together, 'hooping up' train orders, lantern and flag signals, and an authentic trolley ride . The trolley ride will start at the New York Museum of Transportation and continues with a diesel powered train ride down to the Rochester & Genesee … [Read more...]
Santa is Coming to the Transportation Museum
RUSH--Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting the New York Museum of Transportation this coming Sunday, December 2, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to offer their seasonal blessings. Located at 6393 East River Road in Rush, the museum is holding its annual "Holly Trolley Rides", weekends through December 16, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring rides on the only authentic 80 year old electric trolley operation in New York … [Read more...]
Transportation museum offers holiday experience
RUSH — Visitors to the New York Museum of Transportation will be treated to an authentic, two-mile trolley car ride on the only trolley railroad in New York State from November 24th through December 16th. The trolley-ride, which is available with admission to the museum, will operate Saturdays and Sundays, running trips every half-hour from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The trolley will stop at Remelt’s Evergreen Acres, where passengers will have the … [Read more...]