New England fall foliage train tours

New Hampshire

North Conway, New Hampshire

scenic train pulls Fabyans train station
The Conway scenic train pulls into Faybans train station.

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 Railroad train starting the morning run
Cog Railroad train starting the morning run

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

Green Mountain Railroad

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

Cape Cod Scenic train
Cape Cod Scenic train

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

Cape Cod Central Railroad, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Sand dunes and cranberry bogs skirt this historic route between Hyannis and the Cape Cod Canal.

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

Brooks Preservation in Brooks, Maine
The Brooks Preservation Society operates excursions to Waldo along a 6 mi/10 km segment of scenic railway rich in Downeast history.

Railway Village, Boothbay, Maine
A narrow-gauge coal-fired steam train shares billing with a livery of historic automobiles adding special authenticity and charm to this re-created New England village
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Connecticut

Essex, Connecticut

orange and red fall colors above the Connecticut steam locomotive
The Number 40 steam train leaving the station and makes it’s run down the tracks. View this in my online art gallery

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.


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  1. 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. 🙂