Weather Announcement

The Santa Claus Special trains run RAIN OR SHINE. They will ONLY be cancelled if an official state of emergency is declared by the Governor of New Jersey.

Please drive safely, take your time and arrive early. Please try to arrive AT LEAST 45 Min prior to your departure to allow for traffic, parking and picking up your tickets. The ticket office opens at 11am Saturday and Sunday mornings, and museum will open at 12 noon. Trains depart promptly at 1, 2, 3, 4pm with boarding starting approximately 15 min before departure. Be sure to dress warm enough to wait outside to board the train. They are calling for light snow for Saturday, very Santa Special weather. Hopefully it will look beautiful and still be safe for your family to travel.

Take your time, be safe and dress warm!

All remaining Santa Claus Special tickets are SOLD OUT

Due to the overwhelming popularity of our Santa Claus Special, all remaining rides for the season are now sold out. We will offer Stand-by ticketing for walk up passengers, based on the availability of seats after passengers with tickets have finished boarding. In order for you to participate, you must be present at the ticket office the day of the ride at one of the scheduled times (1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm). Tickets will be sold to any stand-by passengers based on the availability of seating and there is no guarantee that seats will be available. Stand-by tickets will not be sold in advance.

MCC Cabin Car Arrives Back at Whippany

Nearly 40 years after it last left Whippany when the Morris County Central RR moved to Newfoundland in December 1973... The MCC's iconic 1923 ex-Pennsylvania Railroad N6b Cabin Car (PRR terminology for "caboose") returned to Whippany. She now sits in a place of honor on a specially constructed panel track at the entrance it to museum grounds. She will be lovingly restored by the museum members and take her place with the rest of the historical equipment we have in our collection. Click here to learn more about this fine car.

"Old” Penn Station

A new exhibit is now on display at the Whippany Railway Museum to commemorate New York City's “Old” Penn Station. Photographs of the station, vintage post cards, locomotive models and Pennsylvania Railroad memorabilia are included in the exhibit as well as a huge, highly detailed model of the iconic building.

"Remembering The Civil War"

Commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War by viewing a new exhibit at the Whippany Railway Museum. The display takes a look at the war through artifacts, documents, period photos, proclamations and more to let visitors view pieces of a conflict that still touches our lives, 150 years later.

VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY

For 65 years a railroad that at one time measured but 16 miles in length, made its way through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Nelson County in central Virginia. On this railroad during the 1950's and early-1960's ran five, well-maintained coal-burning steam locomotives that incredibly, escaped the scrapper's torch by what can only be described as sheer luck. Today, two of the steam locomotives of the fabled Virginia Blue Ridge Railway (VBR) survive at the Whippany Railway Museum in Northern New Jersey, while a third one is preserved in South Jersey. Read our history of this unique Old Dominion shortline railroad.

Buy-A-Bolt Fundraiser

We are asking for your help to reach our goal of raising $100,000 to cover the cost of the fire box stay bolts. Like all steam engines, the fire box is held in it's boiler by over 900 stay bolts. These bolts cost approximately $35 each or $100 each installed.

Please click on the Buy a Bolt link for more information as well as how to make a donation.

Railway Museum Opened
Select Weekends in December

The Whippany Railway Museum is Opened Noon to 4pm. during our Santa Claus Special Excursion December 1, 7, 8, 14 & 15. Come see the railroad history of New Jersey.