danbury railway museum

buyersrmi

interested in trains the museum offers a bit of history for all. built in the old Danbury station it has books and pictures from years past. the train yard has a few restored and un restored trains that you can go through

colbyconnecticut

We brought our almost 2-yr. old grandson to the Railway Museum in August because we live right in Danbury! It was wonderful, even for his young age. Inside they have a giant screen with movies of old trains, but the highlight was the city train displays that move and you can push buttons. There was a whole area of set-up yourself toy train sets and all kinds of "Thomases" that would have kept him immersed all day! And guess what he got for his birthday? Outside we toured the real trains--mail train, caboose, etc. They also take you for a short ride and offer a pumpkin patch ride and Santa train ride. Can't wait to go back every year or so!

Gjabsama

We were on a 16 day East Coast tour and looking for interesting places to visit...this was one of the highlights of our trip! Friendly people, informative, educational and FUN!!

ELVISBIGT

My family has been visiting the Danbury Railway museum for years. We started out years ago with our grandson. We are now looking forward to visiting with our great grand daughter.

Fairfielden

We went for the pumpkin patch ride that was advertised as a 25 min. ride. The train moved about 400 feet at a 5 mile/hr speed. Then my son got to pick his "free" pumpkin and have some cheap cookies and cider. All of this for $10/person. Don't waist your time and money!! If you're looking for a nice train ride with kids, go to Essex.

Patty-Betancourt

My son is a train fanatic! We have a family membership and drive about a half hour every weekend to come here! The volunteer staff are very friendly and helpful! There are train sets to play with and interactive train layouts for the children and adults to enjoy! Looking forward to the pumpkin patch event in October!

rodlewis12

My friends and I have gone to several local railroad themed points of interest and this is one of the best. We had our own personal volunteer guide who took us through all the engines and cars and provided history and background that made this special. While we didn't get the train ride that only is available on weekends, we got to climb aboard vintage engines and passenger cars going all the way back to the early 1920's and also got to walk on the Turntable. There's more than enough to see outdoors as well as indoor train exibits, memoriablia, old photos and movies. We spent over 2 1/2 hours in this family friendly museum. We gave it 5 stars when compared to the Essex Train Museum, Thomaston RR, and the Trolley Museum near Bradley Airport.

tikidream

I grew up in Danbury and remember when this was the real train station! This was a great find. My husband who is a major rail fan and my teenage son who is not, spent several happy hours here during a family visit. You can go in many of the trains in the yard, and the indoor museum has many interactive models as well as a great exhibit and history of the northeast corridor and metro north. The highlight though was talking to the volunteers - all of whom are retired employees of either metro north or Amtrak. Their stories of the mail car, changes to rail service and life working in this field in various jobs interesting to all of us! Great rainy or sunny day thing to do!

sharky852

While visiting my parents, we took my 3yo to this museum and he had a blast. There are quite a number of engines and caboose to explore and take pictures with.

KristinG433

I wanted to take pictures of trains, that's how I originally found out about this place. The museum is staffed by volunteers and were extremely helpful and full of knowledge. The place isn't huge, but it was still an interesting visit. It would be a great place to take young kids. There is a short train ride as well.

kgilbert78

The inside part of the museum itself, inside th eold station, is not much to talk about. There are some nice artifacts and a few really nice model train layouts but it is not large. Even the rolling stock and locomotives outside are pretty standard for a railroad museum, though there are some gems. The real hit of this stop was the wonderful guided tour of the yard with one of the museum volunteers. Very, very knowledgable, and you got to go inside a lot of the equipment--and not just passenger cards and cabooses. We got to visit he cab of their steam locomotive--and even better--go through one of the diesel engines--the cab *and* the body of the locomotive sowe could also see the diesels engines themselves. The key to the collection is the RPO (mail) car. It has been lovingly restored and is in excellent shape and tells the story of when the mails went by train and were sorted on board. On weekends there are rides available, but we were there on a weekday and missed that. Kids will enjoy climbing in and around the yards. Note that the yard is not that accesible for the handicapped. It was a spur of the moment stop and I'm glad we went.

nickio367

A fun and educational time for an individual or family. A place to go without spending obscene amounts of money and making a full day of it

SaStrau

We took our kids to the DRM when they were 4 and 5.5. They loved it. It's a really nice, bite sized museum. There are several exhibits for the kids to look at and lots of interactive opportunities. They also got to take a quick train ride, which they loved. Their favorite part was climbing in and out of the various railways cars parked around the facility and climbing into the tiny bunks the conductors had to sleep in. You can definitely spend 1.5 - 2 hours here and then go have lunch or dinner at Rosy Tomorrows, which is perfect for kids and has a train that circles the whole restaurant!

Woolite-13

when my son was much younger and in love with trains we would come here and explore. now that he is grown I come here to take some photos. Both are fun.

tommykDanburyCt

come to Danbury ct. a lot to do and a lot to see.we have great restaurants and great sports bars as well.