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Medina Railroad Museum

Railroad Museum located in Medina, New York, United States

Preceding station	New York Central Railroad			Following station
Middleport toward Niagara Falls, New York		Falls Road		Knowlesville toward Rochester

Medina Railroad Museum

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

43°13′5″N 78°23′25″W / 43.21806°N 78.39028°W / 43.21806; -78.39028Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)Built1905 (1905)Part ofMain Street Historic District (Medina, New York) (ID97001457 ^[1])Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1997

The Medina Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located at 530 West Avenue in Medina, New York, which is northeast of Buffalo and northwest of Rochester.

The museum is housed in one of the largest standing wooden freight depots, built in 1905. The museum is temporarily closed for the winter and will reopen in the spring.

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 between Medina and Lockport - as well as hosting an annual (June) 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.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Elizabeth A. Bakker Johnson (September 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Main Street Historic District Boundary Increase". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2009. See also: "Accompanying five photos". Archived from the original on December 10, 2011.