TOYX Operation Toy Train

03/31/2026

What a sad day! The Railroad Museum of New England won't be the same without Turbo. 😢

01/23/2026

We are pleased to announce that the City of Port Jervis, NY has initiated conversations with TOYX regarding a new, direct lease on the Erie Turntable property.

We are optimistic that a mutually beneficial agreement will be reached to continue and expand TOYX’s ongoing preservation and interpretation of this City-owned historic site, as well as provide a public space for residents and visitors to experience TOYX’s own railcars and artifacts that are so critical to the City’s heritage.

TOYX is grateful to the City of Port Jervis for this opportunity to renew our partnership. Further updates will be posted at the conclusion of lease negotiations.

01/22/2026

Our 2025 toy collection train on the East Penn Railroad made the front cover of the February 2026 issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!

01/17/2026

On the weekend of January 24-25, come and visit the TOYX booth at the Amherst Railway Society's massive Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, MA to learn more about all of our projects and initiatives and buy some cool merch!

01/16/2026

Of the remaining 2,517 volunteer hours that were spent outside of Port Jervis, 1,695.5 hours were accumulated just by those volunteers aboard our toy collection trains! We cannot thank our volunteers enough for making what we do possible every year!

THE NUMBERS ARE IN! A total of 69 TOYX volunteers spent a grand total of 5,034 hours volunteering for our organization in 2025, with exactly half of those hours (2,517) spent working at the Erie Turntable site in Port Jervis! (NOTE: These calculations do NOT include volunteer hours for the Tri-States Railway Preservation Society, as those are maintained separately.) The remaining 2,517 hours were spent working on our other railcars stored in New Jersey, handling administrative or planning tasks, staffing TOYX tables or booths at off-site events, or volunteering on one of our toy collection trains across five states in November and December.

Using the nationwide $34.79 estimated value of a volunteer hour, our volunteers contributed $175,132.86 to our cause through their hard work and dedication. We thank all of our amazing personnel for everything they do for our non-profit organization and their tireless contribution to our mission of preserving and operating historic railroad equipment for public benefit. Here's to a bigger and better 2026!

12/25/2025

Everybody here at Operation Toy Train want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas from ours to yours! Thank you all for the amazing donations this year and all the love you all have shared! Everyone have a safe and amazing holiday!! 🎄

12/23/2025

Picking up for one last delivery…

12/23/2025

Congratulations to the winners of our 2025 photo contest! Due to an unexpected 96 submissions, we weren't able to pick just three, so we now have FIVE winners:

- Jake Maiello's photo of NYS&W 4066 at Long Eddy, NY
- Jennifer Al-Beik's photo of SC&H 3021 and 5 at Hadley, NY
- Adam Rothschild's photo of NYS&W 4066 at Deposit, NY
- Graydon Metzler's photo of NYS&W 3012 at Hawthorne, NJ
- Kevin Yutz's photo of NJT 4103 and M&NJ 2175 at Sugar Loaf, NY

Each winner is receiving an OTT embroidered baseball cap, an OTT shirt, and another gift from our store. Thanks to all who participated and helped to document our trains this year, and we'll see you in 2026!

12/20/2025

A few more photos from our stop at the Jamesburg Fire Department!

12/20/2025

As we wait to see who the winner of our photo contest is, let's look back at some memories from this year's train run on the Delaware & Raritan River Railroad. Huge thank you to Kids Preferred in East Windsor for the enormous donation they made to our friends at Jamesburg Fire Department. In fact, it was the largest single donation we have ever received in our history!
Collingwood Fleamarket, the Borough of Farmingdale, the Borough of Freehold, and Reed & Perrine Sales, Inc. also gave us tremendously warm welcomes this year!

12/19/2025

FMW Solutions has been indispensible this year in helping to get our equipment moved, situated, sourced, and repaired in time for our record-breaking toy collection trains! Thanks for all of the support, and we look forward to working with them to do more exciting things in 2026!