Erie Turntable, the non-profit initiative to preserve Port Jervis, N.Y.’s railroad history, has announced its 2025 schedule. The initiative is a project of TOYX, Inc., a non-profit that maintains historic pieces of equipment and runs Operation Toy Train to gather toys for less-privileged children during the holiday season. TOYX has leased space in the city-owned rail yard since 2020. 

The Port Jervis yard exhibit, which centers around the former Erie Railroad turntable, will be open every weekend from May 11 until October 12, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Among the highlights will be the first-ever Orange County Transportation Festival on August 31 from noon to 4 p.m. The event will feature tours and equipment displays. 

Another highlight will come on May 10, when the Dining Car Society (previously the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Society) will host a special meal on a 1949 dining car. 

Besides events, the group is also working on restoring a former Erie Railroad caboose. The “Dunmore” caboose will be repainted to look as it did when it was built in 1946.

For more information, visit ErieTurntable.org.