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    Beautiful property right on Hudson River, well preserved, well maintained home, informative tour guides/staff.

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    Lived on the Hudson our entire lives and it takes a lot to impress us with a view of it--Wilderstein did that!

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    Trolley Museum of N Y - Trolley ride

    Trolley Museum of N Y

    4.0(5 reviews)
    2.6 mi

    My wife and I first came here during the pandemic but we only looked around quickly, but for my…read morebirthday we decided to come back with our toddler. As a railfan hopping to learn about trolleys, I was very disappointed with the whole experience. First off, their phone message said that they opened at 11AM so when we arrived a little early and couldn't get in I was confused. I called them from the parking lot and someone answered, told me they were in a Board meeting, the message was wrong, and that they didn't actually open until 12. So, we killed time in the area. Second, to get to the "museum" you have to climb steps. A lot. I am young and didn't mind but this isn't an easy musem to access. And once you are inside, it is underwhelming. It was pretty dark overall inside. They have a gift shop of sorts, with stuff for sale scattered all over. A G scale trolley track was along the ceiling but it wasn't running. A non-operational section of an O scale layout was in the back corner but it was torn up and in disarray and featured diesel engines, not trolleys. A part of a donated transit bus cab was available for kid cameo pictures. A movie was playing in a back corner, near a storage bin for some Brio trains. And they had some displays on the wall. As a train museum it was bad, but as a Trolley museum it was worse. I didn't learn much of anything about trolleys, and most of what was inside including the toys for sale were just general train things. Third, moving outside they have a collection of transportation equipment in various stages of display and decay. I counted two transit buses, five different types of rapid transit/subway (two you could go into, that was neat), one whitcomb diesel engine, and a couple random pieces of stuff. Including the vehicle we rode in, there were two "trolleys" total that I could see and one of those was a PCC car. From what I could see, they are a transportation museum, not a trolley muesum. Fourth, the ride. They said it ran every hour on the hour. We boarded at 12:15 and then went the short distance into town. We sat in town about 10 minutes (we were told they were training a new crew member) and then we rode back to the museum and stopped again. Finally, we trundled out to the end of the pier and arrived at 1PM. We got off and had a picnic lunch and picked up the next trolley at 2PM. The ride was just okay. I don't know a lick about Kingston and would loved to have heard someone tell us about the area we were passing through; or the history of trolleys in the area; or a bit of information about trolley we were riding (like why it had belt driven wheels, or why it wasn't running on overhead catenary, etc.) Or why we should care about the museum and/or the area itself. The three emplyees standing in the front of the car blocked all view out the front... which arguably is just as interesting as out the sides. In sum, if this is supposed to be a trolley museum it should be a MUSEUM about TROLLEYS. The first part requires there to be a public education element. If it is only supposd to be a form of public transportation from the village to to the pier that is fine with me... it is a neat idea. But that isn't a museum. And, if its focus is supposed to be trolleys (as its name implies) it is struggling with that. I know why they don't have overhead catenary and why the car was running on diesel, but does the public? Do they (museum and/or public) care about this distinction? I dunno, but after driving an hour to get here I was disappoitned. Now, the staff were very friendly. They let Harrison pet their dog inside the museum (!), they let him stomp on the foot bell lever in the trolley, and they made him feel welcome. And they thoughfully opened the trolley windows during the ride and the breeze felt great. But those were the highlights of the visit.

    The Trolley Museum was very interesting and the Trolley ride was so much fun! The staff is great…read moreand very well informed. Amy was very helpful and friendly and made it fun!. The museum is very child friendly and the ride is very entertaining. It is a great way to spend an afternoon. We will definitely go back.

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    Trolley Museum of N Y - Mattapan- Ashmont T line from Boston, MA. I've been on the ones still in operation today.

    Mattapan- Ashmont T line from Boston, MA. I've been on the ones still in operation today.

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