Holiday Train Exhibit Opens at New York’s Grand Central

A holiday train exhibit opens at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, and will run through the terminal’s 100th year anniversary in Feb. 2013.

The holiday train exhibit at Grand Central includes trains from the former New York Central company. In the background is a replica of Grand Central Terminal, which is nearly 100 years old. Zachary Stieber/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—A holiday train exhibit that will appeal to children, transit buffs, and others opens Wednesday at Grand Central Terminal.

The exhibit will run through Feb. 10, coinciding with ongoing events celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the terminal, which opened on Feb. 1, 1913.

Featuring various trains, including the still-running Metro-North M7s and the now defunct elevated R30, which used to run from Coney Island to Jamaica Bay, the exhibit will draw a crowd, said William Finkel, director of business affairs for Lionel. The 112-year old company is putting on the exhibit in the New York Transit Museum’s annex at Grand Central Terminal. The museum sponsors the exhibit.

“Kids love it,” said Finkel. “You come back in a week, all you see is face prints all along the plexiglass.”