Medina Railroad Museum
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The Medina Railroad Museum is a railroad museum
located at 530 West Avenue in Medina, New York
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The museum is housed in one of the largest standing wooden freight depots, built in 1905. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Its exhibits feature interactive displays, 6000 artifacts, memorabilia, photos, toys and a model railroad, all relating to the railroads of western New York. It also includes a collection of historic fire fighting equipment.
The museum sponsors passenger excursion train trips on a seasonal schedule as well as hosting an annual (May) Thomas the Tank Engine
, Day Out with Thomas
events.
In 1997 the boundaries of the village's Main Street Historic District
were redrawn to include the building as a contributing property
after research established that it was related to other buildings in that district.
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
located at 530 West Avenue in Medina, New York
Medina, New York
Medina is a village in the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,415 at the 2000 census, making it the second most populous municipality in the county after Albion, the county seat. The village was named by its surveyor...
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The museum is housed in one of the largest standing wooden freight depots, built in 1905. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Its exhibits feature interactive displays, 6000 artifacts, memorabilia, photos, toys and a model railroad, all relating to the railroads of western New York. It also includes a collection of historic fire fighting equipment.
The museum sponsors passenger excursion train trips on a seasonal schedule as well as hosting an annual (May) Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...
, Day Out with Thomas
Day out with Thomas
Day Out With Thomas is a trade name, licensed by HiT Entertainment, for tourist events that take place on heritage railways and feature one or more trains decorated to look like characters from the children's TV series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends....
events.
In 1997 the boundaries of the village's Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District (Medina, New York)
The Main Street Historic District in Medina, New York, United States, is the downtown commercial core of the village. It is a area stretching south along Main Street from the Erie Canal to the railroad tracks....
were redrawn to include the building as a contributing property
Contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing resource or contributing property is any building, structure, or object which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant...
after research established that it was related to other buildings in that district.