Bronx, New York
New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show
Saturday, November 15 – January 19, 2015
Who isn’t fascinated with model trains? One of the best displays anywhere is at the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show featured in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
More than a dozen large-scale model railway trains—from late-1800s American steam engines and streetcars to modern freight and high-speed passenger trains and trolleys—traverse nearly a quarter-mile of track across rustic bridges, along overhead trestles, through tunnels, and past waterfalls that cascade into flowing creeks. More than 150 scaled iconic buildings, including the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, Radio City Music Hall, and the original Yankee Stadium. Thomas the Tank Engine is even there.
This year in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York’s World Fair held in Queens, the Holiday Train Show features replicas of the World’s Fair-famed Unisphere, observatory towers, and the Tent of Tomorrow at the New York State Pavilion.
Of interest is the Artist’s Studio, which shows how the replicas are constructed. Models in varying stages of completion, from the framing of the landmark structures to the addition of plant part details such as magnolia leaf roof shingle,s are on display.
Visiting- Holiday Train Show
Advanced reservations strongly recommended. Admission to the Holiday Train Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is by advance timed ticket. Tickets sold in 15-minute increments.
Note: Strollers cannot be taken into the Conservatory, however stroller parking is available.
HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW HOURS:
During the Holiday Train Show, November 15, 2014–January 19, 2015, The New York Botanical Garden is open Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Extended hours, 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturdays, November 15– January 17; Friday, November 28 (day after Thanksgiving); and December 20–January 1. The Garden is closed all day on November 27 (Thanksgiving) and December 25 (Christmas); it closes at 3 p.m. on December 12 and 24 (Christmas Eve).