Leatherstocking Railway Historical Soc

Mission Statement

Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society Mission Statement: • To establish, maintain and operate a center for the historical preservation and exhibition of railroad equipment and memorabilia. • To acquire, index and make available literature and other related publications and periodicals pertinent to railroads and their history. • To record and preserve the recollections and memories of the local craftsmen and workers of the railroad. • To collect and acquire by purchase, gift, loan or otherwise, artifacts of railroad history and to preserve and exhibit same in such a manner as to be accessible to the public. • To bring forth the origin and life of the railroad worker. • To stimulate, promote and excite interest in the modern railway industry. • To promote the writing and arts pertaining to local railroad history. • To establish a living museum by operating passenger service on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. • To create and set up exhibits of the crafts and activities of the railway industry, past and present. • To record the impact of the railroads on the community development in the Central Leatherstocking and the northwestern Catskill Regions of New York State, with primary emphasis on Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie and Chenango Counties.