* ESSEX
* STEAM * RAILROAD *
The Essex Steam Railroad and Riverboat Ride is a durable
tourist attraction in the Lower Pioneer Valley region, based out of beautiful
Essex, Connecticut. The trains are a model of authenticity. Here a coal-fired 2-8-2
Mikado locomotive, built by Alco in 1925, whisks its string of Pullmans
across a grade crossing on the way to the steamboat landing on the Connecticut
River, where the passengers will alight from the coaches to board the
waiting Becky Thatcher for a sightseeing cruise.