The museum's wide variety of operating historic railroad equipment is on display at Industry Depot.
A Unique Dual-Museum Experience
The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is a project of the Rochester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. The museum is run solely by dedicated volunteers and works in partnership with the New York Museum of Transportation to bring you a unique dual-museum experience of the railroad and transportation history of Rochester and Western New York.
Our History
The museum was founded in 1971 when the Rochester Chapter purchased the Erie Railroad's Industry, NY depot from the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. In the following years, volunteers restored the depot to its 1930's appearance and built a three-track yard to display our restored railroad equipment. In 1995, volunteers drove the golden spike on a two-mile railroad that joins the museum to the New York Museum of Transportation, and began operating track car rides between the two museums regularly the following year.
Our Collection
The museum currently rosters over 40 pieces of railroad rolling stock including nine operating diesel-electric locomotives, two steam locomotives undergoing restoration to operating condition, six cabooses, seven freight cars, a New York Central Empire State Express trainset, and several other passenger cars amongst other railroad rolling stock.
