Who and what are we?

Formed in early 2003 and incorporated August 2003 as a NYS Railroad Corporation, we're working to develop, own and operate a heritage rail-based trolley and streetcar system for the Greater Rochester area. We're working on developing great community partnerships to move this endeavor forward. We are targeting an underserved and/or unserved market, creating jobs, economic development, community revitalization, and leveraging a unique mode of transportation to run across town.

(photo courtesy of John Smatlak's Railway Preservation Resources)

Our initial routes could include, depending on community partnerships:

• PaeTec Park stadium, through the historic Susan B. Anthony neighborhood, through Rochester's historic subway tunnel, across the Genesee River, and along the East side of the river, into the University of Rochester campus
• Downtown loop in cultural and entertainment districts
• Charlotte and Port of Rochester to Downtown / High Falls, via Hojack Swing Bridge and BeeBee line (former Rochester Running Branch)
• Charlotte to Seabreeze, roughly tracing the historic Hojack Line route
• Area Colleges to Downtown, including RIT to UR to Downtown; Nazareth to Fisher to Downtown; SUNY Brockport to Downtown
• Greater Rochester International Airport to Downtown Rochester
• Suburbs to Downtown
  

To the greatest extent possible, we will use existing assets and reuse rights-of-way.

What are we providing?

• Recreation: a fun and different experience
• Scenic rides and tourism
• Historical experience and nostalgia
• Inexpensive recreational transit to and from local points of interest
• Stations and supporting retail services
  

What's the technology behind the trolleys?

• Basic rail-based passenger transport in the form of Electric trolley and streetcars
• 600 to 750 volts DC supplied by overhead wires and trolley pole, or tow-behind generator, or even on-board fuel cells
• Human trolley car / streetcar conductors ("Motormen")
• Limited automated switching and signaling equipment, as appropriate
  

The market opportunity we're serving:

• Fast Ferry travelers and Rochester visitors
• Regional Tourism/ tourists
• Convention attendees
• Waterfront residents
• Recreational and leisure riders
• Families
• College students
• Seniors
• Raise awareness locally for alternative means of mass transportation
• Bring tourists and residents where they want to go for recreational and leisure activities