Ride The Pumpkin Patch Train

It’s the Fall harvest season so what better way to celebrate and welcome in the cooler weather than with a short ride on a vintage train to the Danbury Railway Museum’s Pumpkin Patch.

This annual family event will take place on three weekends, October 10-11, 17-18, and 24-25; Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm, and Sundays from noon to 4 pm at the museum, with trains departing hourly beginning ½-hour after opening each day.

Ride the Pumpkin Patch Train through the historic railyard in a 1920’s passenger coach, pulled by a vintage locomotive — or in a restored 1953 Rail Diesel Car (RDC) — to the special pumpkin patch where each child will receive a free pumpkin.  A ride on the historic operating turntable (on the National Register of Historic Places) will be a special treat.  Of course, the exhibits, artifacts, and multiple operating model train layouts inside the restored 100-year old Danbury station will be open for your education and entertainment.  The kids can also enjoy the “coloring station,” temporary tattoos, cider & cookies, the operating “garden” railroad outside in the yard, and more.

Admission is $8 for ages 2 and over; children under 2 are free.

There is a fully-stocked gift shop on the premises.  No reservations are required; the event will be held rain or shine.

The Danbury Railway Museum is a non-profit organization, staffed solely by volunteers, and is dedicated to the preservation of, and education about, railroad history.  The museum is located in the restored 1903 Danbury Station and rail yard at 120 White Street, Danbury, CT and has many artifacts of area railroading on display, including over 70 vintage railroad cars and locomotives.

For further information, visit the Web site at http://www.danbury.org/drm, e-mail to info@danburyrail.org, or call the museum at 203-778-8337.