New England fall foliage train tours
New Hampshire
North Conway, New Hampshire
Conway Scenic Railway, North Conway, New Hampshire
CSRR’s Notch Train travels through the heart of the White Mountains. A separate Valley Train explores the countryside with trips to Conway and Bartlett. Highlights include dining cars on both routes and the first-class Notch dome car.
Hobo Railroad, Lincoln, New Hampshire
The “Hobo” trails along the Pemigewasset River on a memorable journey through the heart of the White Mountains.
Cog Railway, The Mount Washington Cog Railway
Passengers will experience a sense of adventure and history on the Mount Washington Cog Railway’s 3-hour guided train tour to the highest peak in the Northeast. With approximately one hour to spend at the 6,288-foot summit, visitors can take in the spectacular panoramic view, spanning the mountains and valleys of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, north into Canada, and east to the Atlantic Ocean.
Vermont
White River Junction, Vermont
The White Mountain foothills form the backdrop for trains rolling through the Connecticut River’s picturesque Upper Valley enroute to Norwich and the Montshire Museum of Science.
Massachusetts
Berkshires RR
Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
Lenox, Massachusetts amid the rustic beauty of the Berkshire Hills, the BSR meanders through the Housatonic Valley linking the old towns of Stockbridge, Lee, and Lenox
Come explore all the Cape Cod Central Railroad has to offer. Cape Train is conveniently located at the Buzzards Bay and Hyannis train stations in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, along the coast of New England. We are located about 40 minutes south of Plymouth and an hour from Provincetown. We run rain or shine. All aboard!
Edaville RR, Edaville USA
Carver, Massachusetts (read about it here)
America’s oldest 24-in/70-cm narrow-gauge railway is part of a family fun park located on a 1500-acre/600-hectare cranberry plantation. A note about Edaville USA, generally Columbus Day weekend or the weekend after is their cranberry festival where you can take the train and see the foliage and the red cranberries being harvested. Sometimes they might run their steam engine on the run, which is better. Also, the town of Carver is a quaint little New England town, well worth exploring with 2 white-steepled churches and some historic homes.
Maine
Connecticut
Essex, Connecticut
Essex Steam Train — Valley Railroad
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat’s 2 1/2-hour train and riverboat or 1-hour train-only journeys begin at the historic 1892 Essex Station for a 12-mile, narrated round-trip into the heart of the unspoiled Connecticut River Valley. The steam locomotive pulls vintage coaches through the quintessential New England towns of Deep River and Chester.
Thomaston, Connecticut
NRR passengers relax in restored vintage 1920s coaches while crisscrossing the Naugatuck River on its 20-mi/32-km circuit through Mattatuck Forest.
A note about Edaville USA, Jeff generally Columbus Day weekend or the weekend after is their cranberry festival where you can take the train and see foliage and the red cranberries being harvested. Sometimes they might their steam engine on the run, which is better. Also the town of Carver is a quaint little New England town, well worth exploring with 2 white steepled churches and some historic homes.
Thanks Mark, I’ve gone down to Carver a few times but only once during the Mid October time when the Cranberries are being harvested. (a great time to go down there BTW…)
There is so much to see and do in New England I tend to miss something every year but I try the next year to hit what I missed in the previous yr.
If you don’t mind I’m going to add your comment on my train page. If you have a link you want included with your comment let me know… 🙂 Credit where credit is due. 🙂