Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is a tour in Essex, CT, part of the Mystic & the Connecticut Shore guide. Cost: $25 to $50. Steam train and riverboat excursions run May through October.

1 Railroad Ave · Essex, CT

Why you should go…

The Valley Railroad Company has run vintage steam trains from the 1892 Essex Station since 1971. The narrated 12-mile round trip takes about an hour through the lower Connecticut River Valley. Choose the train and riverboat combination and the outing stretches to about two and a half hours, with a cruise on the Connecticut River that passes Gillette Castle. Themed dinner, brunch and holiday trains run at other times of the year.

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