![]() The Essex Steam Train also offers boat rides along the Connecticut River, which run through the fall season, providing a different perspective of the fall colors! Few other heritage railroads offer such trips while the Essex Steam Train even provides packages that includes both a train and boat ride. ![]() Carriages include both a mix of sit astride and bench seats. However multi ride tickets for £10 or £18 can be purchased by card at the Chappel Chocolate House. Only cash is accepted at the ‘Poplar’ train station. Unfortunately, rising insurance premiums has caused most railroads to discontinue such "fan trips." While all of Connecticut is a stunning display of vibrant fall colors with sugar maples, redbuds, sweet gums, and oaks turning brilliant shades of reds, vermillions, browns, and yellows, the trips offered by the Essex Steam Train and Naugatuck Railroad travel past rural farms and local waterways offering guests the very best views of the state's autumn splendor. Rides are £2 per person (over 3yrs old), but if you keep hold of your ticket, additional rides on the same day cost £1. They were typically sponsored by train enthusiasts groups in the 1950s and 1960s and also hosted by other railroads in New England, such as the Boston & Maine and Maine Central. Interestingly, the New Haven used to host fall foliage train rides during a time when the big railroads openly accommodated such trips. Centerbrook, CT 06409 (860) 767-3395 Centerbrook Pizza Restaurant 10 Westbrook Rd. It all varies from year to year, however, so be sure and check out the latest fall foliage guides to stay up to date. Food & Lodging Nearby Restaurants Black Seal Seafood Grille 15 Main St. The fall colors in Connecticut peak depending on the location in the northern areas of the state this tends to be around Columbus Day (early October) while the warmer southern and coastal locations remain mostly green until late October/early November. However, its New York - Boston main line still hums with Amtrak and commuter trains daily, hustling thousands between the two cities. Today, many segments of the New Haven are but a memory. ![]() Both maintain sections of the old New York, New Haven & Hartford, a railroad which historically served most of Connecticut. There are currently two locations in Connecticut hosting fall foliage train rides, the popular Essex Steam Train in Essex and the Naugatuck Railroad in Thomaston, operated by the Railroad Museum of New England. Whether you are visiting Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine the brilliant colors are spectacular. New England autumns are second to none and draw hundreds of thousands of tourists annually.
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