Ride a Vintage Train To Visit The Easter Bunny

DANBURY — The Easter Bunny will once again pay a visit to the Danbury Railway Museum and museum visitors can take a ride in a vintage train through the historic railyard to visit him. The popular annual family event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, and Friday and Saturday, March 21-22.

Hours are 10 am to 4:30 on Friday and Saturday; and 11 am 4:30 pm on Sunday.

Admission is $8 (age 2 and up); each child will receive a small gift.  Trains leave every 30 minutes from 11:30 to 4 pm00.  Reservations are suggested and may be made by visiting the museum’s website at ww.danbury.org/drm.

The short train ride in a fully-restored 1953 New Haven RR Rail Diesel Car (Budd RDC), will take visitors past the only operating turntable in Connecticut, over 60 vintage railroad cars and locomotives, and many unique pieces of railroad history, including a Boston & Maine steam locomotive built in 1907.

The museum’s newly-restored Railway Post Office (RPO) car will also be on display.  The ride will stop at the Easter Bunny’s special coach.  Of course, the exhibits inside the restored 1903 Danbury station will be open, along with face painting, and the operating model train layouts.  A fully-stocked gift shop will also be open.