Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
Take a two-and-a-half hour, narrated, sightseeing journey via a vintage steam
train and riverboat through the Connecticut River Valley via the Essex.
The 12-mile, round-trip ride takes about an hour. The train travels at a top
speed of 20 mph. At Deep River Station, passengers who are taking the riverboat
ride disembark, and those remaining on board can watch while the locomotive is
run around its train at the passing siding for the ride back to Essex Station.
Address: Essex Steam Train & Riverboat,
One Railroad Avenue, P O Box 452, Essex, Connecticut 06426; 860-767-0103; 800-377-3987; Fax: 860-767-0104.
Email: valley.railroad@snet.net.
Web: http://www.essexsteamtrain.com.
