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first quarter-mile of electrification in 2001, NYMT operated the first trolley rides for the public in the
Rochester area since 1956. Following the successful weekend test runs, volunteers worked to extend the electrification nearly a full mile to the newly established Midway station in 2006. RGVRRM members designed and constructed a substation to allow regular trolley operation using power purchased and stepped down from
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car 157 was also acquired in the same deal. Lease of a recently abandoned dairy barn on state agricultural lands in West
Henrietta was acquired by Hamlin to house the two cars. Temporary tracks were laid and car 157 was placed inside the barn on October 5, 1973, with car 107 following a month later.
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Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant when it closed earlier that year. It was moved inside the dairy barn in 1997, and opened to the public for viewing. Retaining the tables installed during its restaurant years, it is a popular destination for birthday parties. The body of
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Construction of the museum's demonstration railroad began in 1976, totaling nearly three-quarters of a mile by 1979, with the help of a CETA grant. By 1980, NYMT began offering rides on
Fairmont "track cars" (small gas-powered vehicles once used by railway maintenance workers for transport to work
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Despite having two operating trolleys in relatively good condition, the NYMT had nowhere to run them. Throughout the later half of the 1990s, volunteers from the NYMT and RGVRRM worked together to set poles and string overhead trolley contact wire along the museum railroad. Upon completion of the
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railroads under contract. The NYMT volunteers were given permission to salvage as much of the track materials as they could for the construction of the rail line circling their campus in West
Henrietta. Addition historic vehicles were added to the collection from various sources, and a gift shop,
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Division right of way. A small trolley museum was envisioned as a natural outgrowth of the planned light rail line. With the knowledge that several Rochester area streetcars were preserved at the Magee Transportation Museum, Hamlin made a visit to see what could be salvaged from the
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Minneapolis system was converted to bus operation. The car has no historic connection to the Rochester area, but it is an important example of modern, streamlined technology employed by trolley systems across the country in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Stephenson Company. Rebuilt in 1918 as sand car 0243. Retired 1941, donated to Rochester Museum and Science Center. Loaned to Rail City Museum in 1956. Transferred to Magee Transportation Museum in 1965. Moved to NYMT in 1975. Partial restoration 1977-1978. On display,
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offered NYMT the body of former PTC snow sweeper C-125, which had since been converted to use as an overhead line maintenance car. The body arrived at NYMT in May 2009, and suitable standard gauge trucks were later located and placed under the body. This car is currently displayed.
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Built 1911 by Jewett. Retired 1930, sold intact to Louis
Barnard and moved to Lake Lamoka. Purchased by William McCaleb in 1970 and moved to Magee Transportation Museum. Sold to Henry Hamlin in 1973 and moved to NYMT. Partial restoration 1974. Stripped down to body. On
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Built 1914 by Niles. Retired in 1931, body sold to Msgr. Louis W. Edleman. Moved to Magee
Transportation Museum in 1970. Sold to Henry Hamlin in 1973 and moved to NYMT. Partial cosmetic restoration in 1990. Trucks acquired 2002. On
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in 1941, but the museum never made any attempt to incorporate the car into a permanent exhibition. Stored outdoors and ravaged by vandals, the car was finally sold for scrap in 1950. Rochester Subway car 60 was donated to the
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Before his untimely death, Harry Magee had expressed hope that the Rochester streetcars in his collection could one day be returned to New York State to be restored and operate once again. The first car acquired was former
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The museum is open every Sunday all year round, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Trolley rides are offered from May through October only, with either car 161 or 168. All trolleys operate from NYMT to Midway station.
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Built 1904 by Kuhlman. Rebuilt 1917-1919 as single-ended car. Retired 1936. Body sold to Louis Barnard and moved to Lake Lamoka. Acquired by NYMT in 1997. Placed on replacement trucks in 2003. Placed in carbarn in 2006,
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In 2002, proper standard gauge Baldwin interurban trucks had been acquired from Japan and placed under Car 157, an important step towards its restoration and potential future operation on the museum railroad.
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Built 1919 by St. Louis Car Co. as a parlor trailer. Retired in 1932. Body later acquired by Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant chain, moved to Rochester. Sold at auction, donated, and moved to NYMT in 1996. On
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began constructing their own demonstration railroad from their Industry depot north towards NYMT, and both operations were connected in 1993. Following the joining of the NYMT and RGVRRM tracks with a
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Built 1924 by Brill. Retired 1990. Sold to Keokuk Junction Railway. Acquired by NYMT in 1996, first operation in 2001. Cosmetic restoration completed in 2006. In regular Sunday operation since 2008.
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Built 1911 for Warren Street Railway (Warren, Pa.) by Brill/Kuhlman. Sold 1924 to Batavia Traction Co. Retired 1927, body sold to private use. Acquired by NYMT in 1980, on display.
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Built 1904 by Kuhlman as a semi-convertible car. Rebuilt in 1920 as a single-end center-entrance trailer. Retired in 1935, sold to private use. Donated to NYMT in 2004. Stored.
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Built by Brill 1905 as a single-truck snow plow. Retired in 1926, all components stripped. Body sold to private use in Dansville, New York. Acquired by NYMT in 1998. Stored.
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in 1990. While they have no historical connection to the Rochester area, they do allow the museum to accomplish its goal of offering regular trolley rides to visitors.
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