New York rail museum closed by flooding

New York rail museum closed by flooding

A mudslide reaches the tracks of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. The museum is still assessing damage from June 18 flooding. Courtesy RGVRRM. RUSH, N.Y. — The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum will be closed until Aug. 2 as a result of significant flood damage suffered on June 18, the museum has announced. Storms brought more than 7 inches of rain in a three-hour period, causing widespread damage throughout New York’s Mo…

Flooding forces temporary closure at Rochester & Genesee Railroad Museum

RUSH — On the evening of June 18, severe storms brought over 7 inches of rain to parts of Monroe County in less than three hours, causing widespread flooding and damage.

R&GV Railroad Museum Temporarily Closed by Flash Flood

Flash floods that spread across the area surrounding Rochester, N.Y., on the evening of June 18 caused extensive damage to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum right-of-way. The storm, which dumped more than seven inches of rain in less than three hours, also washed out tracks on the neighboring Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad near Avon, temporarily stranding the daily road freight just a mile south of the museum until the tracks co…