{"id":3193,"date":"2011-12-20T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T03:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2012-12-19T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T16:23:55","slug":"rochesters-miniature-polar-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/12\/rochesters-miniature-polar-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochester&#8217;s Miniature Polar Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"This model railroad display at the Garden Factory features three trolleys and four loooong trains; over 100 train cars in all.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-1.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"This model railroad display at the Garden Factory features three trolleys and four loooong trains; over 100 train cars in all.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re looking for something to do with the kids while they&#8217;re off from school for the holidays, grab your conductor hats and head out to the Garden Factory [<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=garden+factory&#038;ll=43.149016,-77.71265&#038;spn=0.011663,0.023024&#038;client=safari&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=us&#038;hq=garden+factory&#038;hnear=0x89d6b622de4d4ab9:0x1c36191cdd69d220,Irondequoit,+NY&#038;cid=0,0,11692866093849332149&#038;t=m&#038;z=16&#038;vpsrc=0&#038;iwloc=A\" target=\"_new\">map<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position: relative; top: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"external link\" width=\"15\" \/><\/a>]. They&#8217;ve got a 60&#8217;x20&#8242; model railroad on display thru the end of the month that you won&#8217;t want to miss.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"404\" height=\"256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjIg5mQSA4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Built to \u201cG\u201d gauge, which is roughly half-an-inch per foot, the model train display is the work of two local train enthusiasts, David Rouse and Peter Todd. Peter past away in 2008, but before that, the duo had worked on major train projects all over the Rochester area.  <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Built to 'G' gauge, this exhibit is the work of David Rouse and Peter Todd.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-2.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Built to 'G' gauge, this exhibit is the work of David Rouse and Peter Todd.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis display features three trolleys and four loooong trains\u2014over 100 train cars in all.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"One corner of the exhibit brings onlookers back to the days when Santa roamed Main Street...\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-3.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"One corner of the exhibit brings onlookers back to the days when Santa roamed Main Street...\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne corner of the exhibit brings onlookers back to the days when Santa roamed Main Street and trolley cars shuttled holiday shoppers between department stores.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"...and trolley cars shuttled holiday shoppers between department stores.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-4.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"... and trolley cars shuttled holiday shoppers between department stores.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll also find mountain terrain with ski lifts, a working drive-in movie theater, ice skating rink, many bridges, crossings and more.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"There's exquisite detail.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-5.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"There's exquisite detail.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStored over the course of the year in eight sections, it takes over 100 hours to move, assemble, and fine tune to get it ready for holiday viewing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"And LOTS to look at.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-6.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"And LOTS to look at.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA 40-foot extension actually had to be added to their warehouse to fit the extended display.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Howdy, Sheriff. Was I speeding?\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-7.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Howdy, Sheriff. Was I speeding?\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Garden Factory has been putting on the display since 1990 along with a holiday light show (admission: $3 adults \/ $2 kids, 10-2:30p), a mini petting zoo, arts and crafts, and visits from Santa Claus himself. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A real working drive-in! Now playing, what else but 'Polar Express'.\" rel=\"lightbox-gardenFactoryTrain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/garden-factory-model-railroad-8.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A real working drive-in! Now playing, what else but 'Polar Express'.\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Train Display Hours:<\/h3>\n<p><b>November 25 thru December 23<\/b><br \/>\nMon-Fri: Noon-7:30p<br \/>\nSat-Sun: 10:00a-5:30p<\/p>\n<p><b>December 24<\/b><br \/>\n9:00a-2:30p<\/p>\n<p><b>December 25<\/b><br \/>\nClosed<\/p>\n<p><b>December 26 thru December 31<\/b><br \/>\n10:00a-4:30p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for something to do with the kids while they&#8217;re off from school for the holidays, grab your conductor hats and head out to the Garden Factory [map]. They&#8217;ve got a 60&#8217;x20&#8242; model railroad on display thru the end of the month that you won&#8217;t want to miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1573,311,1075],"tags":[1080,1079,1078,559,372,313,1081,45,160],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rochester-art-culture","category-trainrailroad-stuff","category-video-2","tag-david-rouse","tag-g-scale","tag-garden-factory","tag-holidays","tag-miniature","tag-model-railroad","tag-peter-todd","tag-train","tag-trolleys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}