Hi everyone,
I will be visiting the New York City area from Dec 20 to January 9th. Any good train recommendations? I want to see the Jerni collection at the NY Historical Society, the TMB open house, and the Wayne and Greenberg shows in NJ?
Any and all suggestions welcome and greatly appreciated.
Thank you and all the best,
Miketg
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Schedule a visit with the NJ Hi-Railers. You'll be glad you did.
Grand Central Terminal is a must
The NJ HiRailers are having their Holiday open house on Dec 20. It is listed in the announcements section on the forum. If you just want to stop by and run trains just shoot me an email and I will set it up. We are located in PAterson NJ About 15 minutes over the George Washington bridge
Another cool thing to see while your here is the Holiday train show at the Bronx Botanical gardens. If you look at Skips thread about Christmas walking tour there are tons of things to see in Manhattan at that time
Ben
Hay Ben,
Is it o.k. to invite the Raritan Valley Hi-Railers in on the open house?
Steam Forever
John
Miketg;
As audi suggests, Grand Central is a must. Just off the main hall is a satellite of the NYC Transit Museum (the main branch is a former subway station in Brooklyn - if you are in to subways, worth the trip). They have a very nice train layout set up for the holidays, as well as some Lionel pieces from the museum's collection. Before I retired three years ago, I passed through GCT several times a week and they used to have a self guided walking tour and occasional guided tours - check out their website. I'd recommend avoiding 7:00 - 9:00 AM and 5:00 - 7:00 PM on weekdays... NYC commuters are always in a hurry!!!
The New York Botanical Garden (located in the Bronx) has their annual holiday train show.
Tom
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