Trolley Museum of New York

The museum is open to the public on a seasonal schedule, but volunteer activities relating to the preservation of historic transit are year-round.

On a few occasions until the city took down the last of the overhead wire in the early 1960s, the museum operated a Swedish trolley car on McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn.

In 1983 the museum finally found a permanent home in Kingston, occupying the abandoned Rondout shops area, MP 1, of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D).

The museum acquired a Doodlebug (a former Sperry Rail Service car) from Connecticut and began public operation on July 4, 1983.

At first, less than a mile of track was usable, but within two years the run was extended to Kingston Point to provide scenic views of the Hudson River.