Adirondack Scenic Railroad

Address:	321 Main St, Utica, NY 13501, USA
Phone:	+1 800-819-2291
Site:	adirondackrr.com
Rating:	4.5

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Yevgeniy Gorbachev

Very nice scenic and beautiful train ride marred by terrible organization. We took a train and boat tour from Utica to Thendara and everything was great, except departure organization. Train is great - old looking and spacious with comfortable seats and standing carriage for sightseeing and looking outside. Boat ride is scenic and relaxing. Many train employees are volunteers and do not have answers to basic questions, like when does the train arrive or leave. They are doing terrific job with being polite and professional, but it would be better to supply them with more information. Website says train leaves @ 4:45, but everyone else says 4PM. Town shuttle stops running before 4PM and last pickup is timed exactly for 4PM train departure. Not that you need a shuttle at all, because it is only 30-minute walk from town to the station. Might be even faster, if shops are avoided. Unfortunately, you are not sure what time train leaves and whether you have enough time to make it back. Train left at 4:45 sharp and we ended up spending 45 minutes waiting inside the train. Train employees do not know for sure what time train is scheduled to leave. There is a hotel with bar/restaurant right across the train station, but there is no way of telling if you have time for a dinner or a drink. You get a feeling they are trying to make you dine on soda drinks and snacks served by restaurant car. Besides this single hiccup, everything was great. However, sitting for 45 minutes in stationary carriage does scar an otherwise, perfect experience.

kassie bowen

They take u into the woods and thats all u see is trees speedo g buy you and never tell u whats going on. They never came over the loud speaker and said anything. .. we had no idea what was going on and saw a million speeding trees because we went so fast so even if u wanted to take a picture it came out bad because of speed of train... no one came around to tell us what to look for ... expensive straight line for a half hour then sat there for 20 min while they I guess switched cars around then back the same way straight back same stuff same speed. .. all 7 of us hated it...

Jack Moody

Warning: My wife and I set up my reservations for the Oct 6 beer and wine train. I set up my reservations on 6/28/2017. I invited some neighbors to go on this ride and the Big moose ride the next day. When my neighbors got around to setting reservations for the beer and wine train the trip was sold out. I tried to cancel in August and they would not return my $100. If you are thinking of going make sure you are positive you can make it.

GoshGFatima Aali

Just took the rail and cruise package that goes from utica-thendara-old forge and utica back plus 2hrs cruise in old forge and loved it. Also staff inside the train (all volunteers were very nice and professionals) Beautiful scenic train ride plus cruise was nice also. Old forge is a beautiful little town. Definitely recommended. Thank u.

Judy Sargent

We have taken the train to Forestport and it was wonderful. Very scenic and the volunteer guide we had gave everyone a brochure on specific vista points along the way... and she also talked about everything we were seeing. I would recommend this trip to anyone looking for a relaxing day.

Shane Sloan

One of the few, true, remaining pieces of Americana. They are under constant fire from greedy developers, who just want to tear up their tracks for a short-lived fad project. Please do what you can to keep them around.

Thomas J Purcell

A Day with Thomas!!! We took some nice pictures!!! We like riding railroads .When we raised our two sons, we actually enjoyed watching the Thomas episodes!!!!

Clayton Winters

My 5yr old son love trains. The scenic railroad is a fun place to go. Theres even a kids train museum. Awesome. The polar express is a personal favorite.

Chrissy Williams

The polar express is great for kids. Be sure to book it in the early summer and get the cocoa classic package...its totally worth it!

Bruno Beaupré

We try to go for a tour every summer, its fun and not expensive, they also have theme tour, try it out youll love it too.

Jeff Exner

Polar Express was a magical time for the kids, will definitely do it again.

Marjie Case

such a fun time to be with friends or family and create memories

Deborah Palmer

historic venue with knowledgeable working volunteers

Joy Wright

Fun trip friendly employees