Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

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Review:

Double the fun and take a ride in one of the 1920s coaches pulled by an original steam locomotive and then hop on the Becky Thatcher riverboat and take a slow journey on the Connecticut River. The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat adventure is a two and a half hour trip through the picturesque Connecticut River Valley, called "one of the last great places on Earth" by the Nature Conservancy. The trip starts at the 1892 historic Essex Station.

The train will take you to Deep River Landing, where you board the Becky Thatcher riverboat for the one and a quarter-hour pleasant cruise along the Connecticut River, pass Goodspeed Opera House, Gillette Castle and beautiful landscape on both sides of the river. The Valley Railroad Company, which operates the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, offers a number of other excursions and adventures on boats or trains, separately or together.

1 Railroad Ave, Essex, Connecticut 06426, Phone: 860-767-0103, Map, Facebook

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