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The railroad's main station in Essex. The main station, where tickets are sold and all rolling stock is kept, is located in Essex; specifically, the village of Centerbrook. The main entrance and parking access is located off Route 154; there is a rear entrance (not for public use) on Route 153.
The Essex Clipper Dinner Train goes from Essex all the way up to Haddam. A few times a year Thomas the Tank Engine comes to town and it’s a large attraction for the children. During the holiday season, the Essex Steam Train has a North Pole Express where you can celebrate the spirit of the season with elves and Mr. and Mrs. Claus. [19]
The main station of the Essex Steam Train is located in Centerbrook. The steam train has tracks from Amtrak's Shore Line (part of the Northeast Corridor) in Old Saybrook to Haddam. The steam train and riverboat ride goes from Essex to Chester on the train, but the Dinner Train goes from Essex to just north of Route 82 in Haddam.
Spirit of Washington Dinner Train; V. Valley Railroad (Connecticut) This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 14:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Following a survey, the railroad began construction along the river's western bank in 1869. [1] As late as December 1869, the location of the railroad's southern terminus at Long Island Sound had not been decided – the towns of Clinton and Westbrook both wanted the Valley Railroad to locate its terminus within their borders, as did the city of Old Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut ...
CVRR No. 40 pulling a tourist excursion train into Deep River, Connecticut, on October 22, 2021 In 1976, the Valley Railroad (VALE), a tourist railroad that operated over former New Haven trackage, was looking for a steam locomotive to assist their Ex-Birmingham and Southeastern 2-8-0 No. 97 in their passenger operations.
A dinner train is a relatively new type of tourist train service whose main purpose is to allow people to eat dinner while experiencing a relatively short, leisurely round trip train ride. This contrasts with conventional passenger trains, whose main purpose is to transport passengers to some destination as quickly as possible but which also ...
Shortly afterward, No. 97 would replace 2-6-2 locomotive No. 103 as the Valley Railroad's train consist expanded. [3] In 1977, No. 97's original small tender was replaced with a larger tender that was previously used from a Central Vermont Consolidation steam locomotive No. 404. No. 97's original tender currently sits out of service in Essex. [2]