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  • Only Available day before Mother's Day
From $30
  • Ages 21+
  • 2 hours roundtrip

Mother’s Day Wine Train

Happy Mother’s Day! What better way to celebrate than taking a train ride while sipping on some wine. Special guest Merritt Winery is joining us and sharing their most finest wine with you. Take a 2 hour round trip train ride from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY and enjoy some tasting on the way to and from our destination. Light Food refreshments and keepsakes included.

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  • Special Available
From $20
  • All ages
  • 2 hours roundtrip

Father’s Day BBQ Train

Happy Father’s Day! Bring your dad and the family to ride through the countryside while enjoying a BBQ meal catered by Weidners BBQ. 2 hour round trip train ride from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY and return. 30 minute layover in the village of South Dayton. Father’s ride for FREE. BBQ meal options are $12.50 and can be purchased when booking your train ride. CUTOFF date to purchase a meal is June 10th.

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Valentine's Merritt Wine Train

Enjoy a date night on the rails with your Valentine featuring Merritt Wine tastings and chocolate covered strawberries. Ride, tastings, goblets & strawberries are all included in ticket price. 2 hour round trip train ride departing at 5pm.

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About the New York & Lake Erie Railroad

Here at the New York & Lake Erie Railroad, we offer passenger excursion train rides in the countryside of Cattaraugus County. We run seasonal, holiday, sightseeing, wine, and event trains all year-round. Perfect for the whole family.

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New York & Lake Erie Railroad
Great scenic train ride

Very scenic and enjoyable 2 hour ride. It’s on an incline part way up and back so the scenery includes hills and slopes. Plus the stopover halfway included visiting old train station in South Dayton with memorabilia from movie “The Natural” with Robert Redford.

– Mark D. | Google Reviews
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Highly recommended

If you're looking for Amtrak, this isn't it. This is a great little tourist railroad with vintage train cars and engines. The staff is very, very friendly and accommodating. It's very obvious they love their jobs and take a lot of pride in what they do. I highly recommend New York & Lake Erie Railroad!

– Don R. | Google Reviews
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Our kids loved it

My older son loved looking out the window for beaver dams and my younger son liked guessing if each crossing would have lights or not. The old train really added to the experience as well. Would highly recommend New York & Lake Erie Railroad.

– Carrie L. | Google Reviews
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Great Halloween train ride

Awesome Halloween ride! Can't say enough about the staff and the conductor. What a local treasure, kids loved it!! Also they followed social distancing by having several closed seats between groups, cars were only about 1/4 full and they had the windows cracked for a good airflow.

– Kim D. | Google Reviews