ChristopherT
New member
During a recent vacation back to Central New York, I had the opportunity to visit the Central Square Station Museum in Central Square NY.
http://www.cnynrhs.org/CentralSq.html
On a scale of 1 to 10, the staff and facility that greeted me and my family was a 20! The museum itself is packed with historical items relating to local and national railroading. The outside exhibits were all excellent, varying from
like new condition (PRR Caboose)to needs some work (for a recently acquired Peter Witt streetcar) The staff easily handing questions from my curious kids ranging from "can we climb on this?" to "Can I drive this?" (the NYO&W Speeder!)
The Circus car looked like it may have been an office at one time with a section in the front that has a door with a barred window.
The Alco 0-4-0T #53 Standard Gauge made an interesting comparision to the Alco 0-4-0T Narrow Gauge (3ft) locomotive.
The Track Speeder was readily approachable as well as the 23 ton diesel switcher (Eileen). The Speeder was full of interesting items that looked like it just came off a job.
The Brill Gas-Electric car was very interesting to tour and spotless too! I could see where the engines used to be and it really brought together some research I had done in the past.
The Peter Witt streetcar was a new purchase for the museum and was being painted the day we went there back to it's original colors. It's being repaired by the staff and they are doing excellent work!
The former-PRR and former-Conrail caboose looked like it was just delivered from the builder's shop! It's very roomy and clean inside and you can see how interesting a job it had in it's career.
ChristopherT
http://www.cnynrhs.org/CentralSq.html
On a scale of 1 to 10, the staff and facility that greeted me and my family was a 20! The museum itself is packed with historical items relating to local and national railroading. The outside exhibits were all excellent, varying from
like new condition (PRR Caboose)to needs some work (for a recently acquired Peter Witt streetcar) The staff easily handing questions from my curious kids ranging from "can we climb on this?" to "Can I drive this?" (the NYO&W Speeder!)
The Circus car looked like it may have been an office at one time with a section in the front that has a door with a barred window.
The Alco 0-4-0T #53 Standard Gauge made an interesting comparision to the Alco 0-4-0T Narrow Gauge (3ft) locomotive.
The Track Speeder was readily approachable as well as the 23 ton diesel switcher (Eileen). The Speeder was full of interesting items that looked like it just came off a job.
The Brill Gas-Electric car was very interesting to tour and spotless too! I could see where the engines used to be and it really brought together some research I had done in the past.
The Peter Witt streetcar was a new purchase for the museum and was being painted the day we went there back to it's original colors. It's being repaired by the staff and they are doing excellent work!
The former-PRR and former-Conrail caboose looked like it was just delivered from the builder's shop! It's very roomy and clean inside and you can see how interesting a job it had in it's career.
ChristopherT