Blues & Brews are back

Blues n Brews: Live Bands cram their bodies into small space, but NEVER cramp their style.Join us on our signature Blues N Brews Express train excursions with live blues bands and cash bar. One doesn't need the brews to get rid of the blues, but we tie the two together for a three-hour tour of the countryside from the seat of a comfortable 1950's ViaRail passenger coach. Look up the following dates and we will see you on the train.

• May 10th - Canandaigua
• June 13th - Geneva
• July 26th - Watkins Glen
• August 30th - Syracuse
• September 20th - Victor
• October 18th - Auburn

Step back in time with a vintage NYC Alco

NYC Alco RS-3 #8223: This locomotive is on loan from the Central New York Chapter NRHS.On May 17 & 18 you will feel like you stepped back in time as you board our passenger train and ride from Geneva to Solvay on the Auburn Road. Pulled by vintage Alco RS-3 #8223, board the train Saturday or Sunday and bring a camera for photos and filming of a train "run-by."

Saturday's train boards at the Geneva Yard, or Seneca Falls, Cayuga & NEW BOARDING BY REQUEST in Auburn. Stops include viewing and/or touring of original railroad depots in Seneca Falls, Village of Cayuga (tour inside now Clerk's Office and meeting room), then pass former round house and Bombardier plant in Auburn, stop at Skan Junction Depot and view model railroad layout of FGLK system. Then tour Martisco Depot and continue on to the end of our line, now in Solvay, NY, just west of Solvay Paperboard. Box lunches available. Speical thanks to guest conductors from the CNY NRHS as well as for use of the NYC locomotive mentioned above.

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Fresh design, better information, and online ticketing coming soon!

Welcome to the all new Finger Lakes Railway website!

Our passenger excursions resume in April, and the full 2008 schedule should be online shortly. We will also be adding online ticket reservations later this year, but in the meantime, please contact us to reserve your tickets.

Thanks for your interest in the Finger Lakes Scenic Railway!