Oyster Bay Rail Road Museum — Attraction in Town of Oyster Bay

The gentlemen that run this museum are phenomenal. I love history, my daughter not so much when I was recovering from my surgeries we came here for a nice detour from life and to step back in time. They engaged her with facts about Oyster Bay, the train station the Museum and Teddy Roosevelt that by the time we were ready to walk to the train yard she was with Ziggy learning about how trains run asking questions about pistons and gears etc. When we walked to the train yard it really peaked her interest to see the different kinds of trains over time and being able to go in and explore them and see how they evolved made it even more spectacular. She went from “do we have to go” to “when can we go back” she liked it all so much especially the train set at the end that when we got home from there, I had to go dig out my dads LGB trains from storage so her Barbies could ride the trains too. We went here last summer and I’d been meaning to write a review for a while but it kept slipping my mind but today I remembered and had to spread kudos and love thanks for a great learning experience and giving my daughter the spark to learn a little more about how history rich Long Island is and how privileged we are to have people that preserve it like the gentlemen that work here for future...

Attended RAILFEST 2025 today. This place is so overrated. First of all they have two locations that are not even near each other. In order to go to the yard they tell you go through the park and if you don’t want to do that you can walk 7-8 mins in a near by neighborhood and make your way to the entrance on other side (which I’m not sure if it’s even a entrance cause no one checked my $10 ticket and I practically paid for no reason tbh) anyways the place is super disorganized. They have so much garbage or junk everywhere. During RAILFEST in order to separate the event from the junk they used orange cones. Event was super lame. Like 5-6 train displays that they or former owners cut in half. The train turntable was a huge let down. The thing goes around in a circle 3-4 times and they take you off. Nothing really fun. Also the vendors were VERY OVERPRICED. They wanted 25$ for a piece of junk train toy that was missing a wheel. The food was overpriced as well. 3 pieces of tenders for $9. Sides are separate fries were like $6. Was looking forward to this event for months. Huge huge...

This place will be a great addition to Oyster Bay in the future. Needs A lot more funds to complete but they will get there. If you want to see the work and the plans go to their website or stop and see the restoration process in person. Back in the day President Theodore Roosevelt got the train here., when he was at Sagamore Hill the Summer White House, when completed the Station will Highlight President Theodore Roosevelt’s connection to it. I am sure it will draw Train enthusiasts from all around when completed. I was here on 8/3/2021 and found out the museum has moved here it is open on the weekends The place is a beautiful historic landmark and the building looks fully restored and ready for tourists and...