MID HUDSON
Empire State Railway Museum
70 Lower High Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
Hours: The museum is open on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through Columbus Day from 10am to 4pm.
Phone: (845) 688-7501 Email: [email protected]
Historical Description:
“From the late 1800's through the 1940's the rugged steam locomotives of the Ulster & Delaware, Catskill Mountain Railroad, New York Central, New York Ontario & Western and Delaware & Northern climbed their steep and winding mountain grades bound for the grand hotels and humble boarding houses of the Catskills Mountains. They returned with lumber, bluestone, dairy and agricultural products of the region for transport to the New York City metropolitan area.”
The Site:
“ESRM is dedicated to bringing alive the history of these railroads, their people and the towns they served, to the residents and visitors of the Catskill Mountains and the greater Hudson Valley."