On Saturday, September 21, our work crews were at it again. One group completed the deck supports for Albion. We will install the plywood deck here once the tracks below in the Geneva Block are wired and tested. Another crew worked on the backdrop, completing the straight wall in the middle of the peninsula and installing part of a curved section near the future CP 373. Matt Glazer repaired the LED strip lighting above the Niagara Falls scene. A general clean-up took place towards the end of the session before we wrapped up for the day.
On Sunday morning, we headed down to visit the train museums. We began our trip at the New York Museum of Transportation, which is focused on the bus and trolley transportation history of Rochester. We explored some of their exhibits, which includes many trolley car bodies, transit artifacts, and a large freelanced HO scale model railroad display and an N scale representation of the Rochester Subway. After touring the museum, we boarded our trolley (a former Philadelphia & Western car that was retired from SEPTA in the 1990s) for the ride down to Midway.
From left to right: (rear) alumni advisor Otto Vondrak and Matt Glazer, David S., Connor, Elliot, alumni advisor E.J. Ryder, J.C., and club advisor Dave Scheiderich.
At Midway we boarded a diesel powered train that took us down to Industry Depot and the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. Our train consisted of a restored Erie Railroad caboose and a Penn Central transfer caboose hauled by a former U.S. Army switcher. Alumni member Otto Vondrak met us at Industry and gave us a tour of the museum's displays. Our club advisor Dave Scheiderich later met us and took us on a "behind the scenes" tour of the restoration shop and other areas not normally open to the public. It helps that many of our members past and present are also volunteers at R&GVRRM! After our tour we boarded the train back to Midway, and took the trolley back to NYMT. Everyone had a great time and we can't wait for our next visit!
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