Danbury Railway Museum
Metro-North Railroad locomotives in the livery of the long defunct New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. While the locomotive on the left, an EMD FL9, was once built for the New Haven, the new locomotive on the right (a GE P32AC-DM) has been painted in the New Haven livery to celebrate the heritage of today’s Metro-North Railroad.
Danbury Railway Museum
Metro-North Railroad locomotives in the livery of the long defunct New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. While the locomotive on the left, an EMD FL9, was once built for the New Haven, the new locomotive on the right (a GE P32AC-DM) has been painted in the New Haven livery to celebrate the heritage of today’s Metro-North Railroad.
Connecticut Day Trip
Sunday, August 30, 2015
One Great Day, Two Exceptional Rail Museums
Join us on a day trip to Connecticut when the ERA visits the Danbury Railway Museum and the South Norwalk (SONO) Switch Tower Museum.
The Danbury Railway Museum is housed in the former Danbury Union Station. This station was built in 1903 and used until 1993. It is now restored and looks better than ever. Alfred Hitchcock filmed scenes for Strangers on a Train on its distinctive curved platform. The museum now houses a wide variety of historic rolling stock that can be viewed and explored. We expect to ride the Rail Yard Local, a circuit that includes an active turntable (the only working one in Connecticut) and a tour of the newly restored pumphouse!
The South Norwalk Switch Tower shows the inner workings of the South Norwalk interlocking tower that controlled the signals and switches on the New Haven Line between South Norwalk station and the east side of the CP241 Bridge.