Tri-States Railway Preservation Society
The Tri-States Railway Preservation Society, a wholly owned subsidiary of TOYX, studies and preserves the railroad history of Orange County, New York. Tri-States is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a charter from the New York State Education Department to maintain a museum exhibit of railroad artifacts and history.
Museum CLOSED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The Tri-States Railway Preservation Society was founded in 1985 and has preserved and interpreted Port Jervis’s rich railroad heritage for nearly 40 years. Throughout our history, we have operated a museum dedicated to local railroad history, sharing the stories, artifacts, and legacy of the railroads that shaped our community. Since 2022, this museum has been located at the historic Erie Turntable site at 86 Pike Street in Port Jervis.
Over four decades, our museum’s collection has grown through generous donations and careful acquisitions. These artifacts form an irreplaceable record of Port Jervis’s railroad history and its importance to the region. Our collection represents the memories, stories, and lives of residents’ fathers and grandfathers who worked here in Port Jervis with these tools, trains, and machines.
Our museum is currently closed pending negotiations with the City of Port Jervis for a new lease on the property. Assuming those negotiations are successful, we will be temporarily moving the museum boxcar to a different part of the property in 2026, giving us access to perform some much-needed repairs to the track underneath it. We will update further when the boxcar is repositioned and reopened for visitors.
During this transition period (and while climate control in our museum is turned off), we are actively working to keep Port Jervis’s railroad history safe and accessible to city residents through partnerships with other local museums and cultural institutions. Many of our artifacts are currently on temporary display at the Columns Museum, operated by the Pike County Historical Society and located just seven miles from downtown Port Jervis.