![A new way to enjoy Rochester's wine trails, Niagara Wine Trail Train Excursions will begin on September 27. [PHOTO: Mike Dorofy]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/niagara-wine-trail-train-01.jpg)
The Niagara Wine Trail—right in our backyard—features 20 wineries and stretches from Lewiston to Rochester, along the Niagara Escarpment and the Lake Ontario shore. This region has been quickly gaining national attention for the variety and quality of its wines, including late-harvest, ice, and traditional vinifera. Now you can experience the Niagara Wine Trail in true style; via train…
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Toast Our Region on the Niagara Wine Train
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014Tags: A Gust of Sun Winery & Vineyard, Benjamin Woelk, Flight of Five Winery, Long Cliff Vineyard & Winery, Medina Railroad Museum, Michael Gaughn, Niagara Escarpment, Niagara Wine Trail, Niagara Wine Trail Train Excursions, railroad, Rochester, Rochester NY, Schulze Vineyards & Winery, train, train rides, Victorianbourg Wine Estate, Vizcarra Vineyards at Becker Farms, western New York, wineries, WNY Excursions
Posted in Art + Culture, Events, Rochester Destinations, Rochester News, Train/Railroad Stuff | No Comments »
Rochester’s Miniature Polar Express
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
If you’re looking for something to do with the kids while they’re off from school for the holidays, grab your conductor hats and head out to the Garden Factory [map
]. They’ve got a 60’x20′ model railroad on display thru the end of the month that you won’t want to miss.
Tags: David Rouse, G scale, Garden Factory, holidays, miniature, model railroad, Peter Todd, train, trolleys
Posted in Art + Culture, Train/Railroad Stuff, Video | 4 Comments »
The Electric Interurban Railways in America
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Long before hybrid cars, SUV’s, JetBlue, and even Amtrak, travel between American cities occurred largely by rail. With the industrial and technological revolution around the turn of the 20th century, America’s interurban railway developed so fast and connected so many of us, it must have seemed like the future had suddenly arrived out of nowhere. So when Henry Ford’s Model T was introduced who could have anticipated the turn transportation history would soon take.
If you’re interested in understanding the history of rail travel in American (its rise and quick fall), we’ve got a book for you. One of our readers, Laurence Keefe, recently brought this one to our attention. The following is Larry’s review…
“When we were children on summer vacation, the highlight of the day was when Dad got home from work. We would eat dinner at six o’clock, when the news came on the radio. That was because it took him 50 minutes to get from his office near the Four Corners in Rochester, NY to our farm in Victor…
Tags: Alexander Street, Amtrak, automobile, Averill Street, Canandaigua, Clyde, Court Street, Exchange Street, General Motors, George W. Hilton, GM, Great Depression, Henry Ford, hybrid car, I-490, industrial revolution, interurban, JetBlue, John F. Due, Laurence Keefe, mass transit, mass transportation, Model T, New York, New York Central Railroad, NY, public transportation, rail, rail transit, railroad, Rochester, Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railroad, Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway, Rochester Syracuse and Eastern Railroad, SUV, Syracuse, The Electric Interurban Railways in America, train, trains, transportation, vintage postcard, War Memorial
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Light Rail 1 – Van 0 Caught on Camera
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Wow, this match wasn’t even close. An Arizona driver runs a red rail crossing signal and gets plowed into by an oncoming commuter train. Her van is then dragged… well, I don’t need to give you the play-by-play. The entire violent fiasco was caught on the train’s onboard surveillance camera! Watch the video…
Tags: Arizona, light rail transit, light-rail, mass transit, Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, public transportation, rail crash, railroad crossing, surveillance video, tracks, traffic, train, transportation, video
Posted in Subways Around the Globe, Train/Railroad Stuff, Video | 1 Comment »
Boy Lived in NYC Subway for 11 Days
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009![Francisco Hernandez Jr., who has Asperger's, a developmental disorder that affects the ability to socialize and communicate, disappeared on October 15, after he thought he was in trouble at school, according to his mother, Marsiela Garcia of Brooklyn. [source: CNN]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/new_york_subway_boy.jpg)
Until now I’ve tried to keep the subway stories I post limited to those out of the abandoned Rochester Subway. But recently there have been a rash of great stories from the underground I’ve just had to share. There was the drunken lady who fell onto the tracks in the Boston Subway. Then the unfortunate murder on the “D” train in Manhattan. And here’s another one. We’ve all heard stories of people living in New York’s subway tunnels. And you might immediately conjure up an image in your head of what such a person would look like. But how about a mild mannered 13 year old boy? Watch the video…
Tags: Asperger's, boy, Bronx, Brooklyn, Francisco Hernandez Jr., Manhattan, Marsiela Garcia, MetroCard, New York, New York City, New York City Subway, New York City Subway Map, NYC police, NYC Subway, Queens, runaway, subway video, teenager, train, transit, transportation
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Drunk Woman Nearly Flattened by Boston Subway Train
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009All I can say is… holy smokes! The woman in this surveillance video narrowly escaped death last Friday night when she fell in front of an oncoming subway train at Boston’s North Station. The driver of the train, who pulled the emergency brake stopping the train just inches away from the woman on the tracks, is now being called a hero by many.
Tags: accident, Boston, Boston Subway, boston subway map, Charice Lewis, drunk, Jacqeline Osorio, MA, Massachusettes, Massachusettes Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA, North Station, subway, subway video, train
Posted in Subways Around the Globe, Train/Railroad Stuff, Video | No Comments »
So… What Will Obama Build?
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Today was an historic day for America 
Tags: bridges, economic stimulus, economy, government spending, green energy, highspeed rail, highway, hydrogen fuel, I-490, infrastructure, light-rail, President Obama, Presidential inauguration, rebuilding America, recovery, roads, train, transportation, utilities
Posted in Opinion, Urban Development | 1 Comment »
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