Vintage Train To Visit The Easter Bunny

DANBURY — The Easter Bunny will visit Danbury Railway Museum and the public is invited to take a ride in a vintage train through the historic railyard to visit him.

This popular annual family event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, and Friday and Saturday, April 10-11. Hours are 10 am to 4:30 pm on Friday and Saturday; and noon to 4:30 on Sunday.

Admission is $8 (age 2 and up), and each child will receive a small gift from the Bunny. Trains leave every 30 minutes from 12:30 to 4 pm. Reservations are suggested and may be made by visiting the museum’s website, www.danburyrail.org. 

The short train ride in a fully-restored 1953 New Haven RR Rail Diesel Car (Budd RDC), will take visitors past the fully operational turntable, over 70 vintage railroad cars and locomotives, and many unique pieces of railroad history, including a Boston & Maine steam locomotive built in 1907.  The train ride will stop at the Easter Bunny’s special coach. The museum’s beautifully restored circa-1910 Railway Post Office (RPO) car will also be open.

The exhibits inside the restored 1903 Danbury station will be open, along with face painting, a coloring station, temporary tattoos, and the operating model train layouts. A fully-stocked gift shop will also be open. 

Danbury Railway Museum is within the restored 1903 Danbury Station and rail yard at 120 White Street. For further information visit the website, send email to info@DanburyRail.org, or call the museum at 778-8337.