Love trains? Mark your calendar. The Danbury Railway Museum will have its 8th annual Danbury Railway Day on Saturday, Aug. 2.
This means a day full of educational activities and free train rides for the whole family. The fun will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m., with train rides hourly from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Admission to the museum is $8 for ages 3 and up.
In the Danbury museum building, visitors can explore railroad history exhibits, operating electric train layouts, static model displays of the station and railyard, many one-of-a-kind artifacts of railroading history, a gift shop, and many other items of interest.
There will also be a used book and model train sale. Outside in the historic railyard, guests will find walk-through exhibits, an operating New Haven RR forge — with a blacksmith on duty! — and a vast assortment of train cars and locomotives, many that ran in Danbury during its railroading heyday.
A recent restoration project, the old water tank pumphouse and water pump originally situated near the Danbury Fair mall, will be open for inspection.
The Danbury Railway Museum is a non-profit organization, staffed solely by volunteers, and is dedicated to the preservation of, and education about, railroad history. The museum is in the restored 1903 Danbury Station and rail yard at 120 White Street in Danbury.
For further information, visit www.danburyrail.org, email info@danburyrail.org, or call the museum at 203-778-8337.
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