It’s that time of year.

The sound of a train whistle on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx isn’t necessarily from the nearby Metro North tracks, but just as well could be from inside the historic Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden.

What You Need To Know

The Holiday Train Show is in its 34th year at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx

The show features model trains and replicas of New York City landmarks made from plant parts 

The show runs through Jan. 11 

It’s the 34th year of the Holiday Train Show at the garden, with model trains running inside and outside the landmark building. 

It’s not just the trains. There are almost 200 replicas of New York City landmarks made from plant parts. A visit to the show has become a tradition for families during the holiday season.

“Now, we are at the place where we have people who came here as children who are coming and bringing their children and that’s wonderful and for us the opening of the holiday train show is the start of the holiday season,” Jennifer Bernstein, the president and CEO at the garden, said. 

There are replicas of places like the New York Yankees Stadium, the Statue of Liberty, plus the Gilded Age mansions, skyscrapers, bridges, Grand Central Terminal and the Haupt Conservatory itself.

They are all creations of Kentucky’s Applied Imagination.

“I lead a team of 40 individuals to pull off what you see here represented which is many, many more hours than what we do on site of course we create and assemble this stuff all year round, and it’s a pleasure, it never gets old, as hard as it is I have so much energy for it because it’s such a special thing to do,” Laura Busse Dolan, the president and CEO of the company started by her father Paul Busse, said. 

There are two new replicas this year. The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 

“I think it’s an iconic building in the Meatpacking District designed by Renzo Piano, the architect. So it’s really great to see it in this different iteration,” said Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini family curator at The Whitney, who was seeing the replica of the building for the first time in person. 

Visitors can see the show and garden differently too at night for Holiday Train Nights on select evenings.

“You can either come as a date night or come with the kids and explore and have fun, we have a bar car set up in our cafe where folks who are over 21 can have a drink and a little date night,” Joanna Groarke, the vice president of Exhibitions and Programs at the garden, said. 

Plan your visit at https://www.nybg.org/.