Train
Rides
The Railroad Museum operates scheduled train rides to and from the Ardenwood
and Deer Park Stations on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays from the first
weekend in April until the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Trains also operate on days when Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park is
having a special event. These include both the Museum's special events and
EBRPD's special events like Harvest Festival and 4th of July.
During the Museum's annual Rail Fair, the trains may be pulled by visiting
steam engines brought in for the event.
Each Halloween the Museum runs it's popular Haunted Train evenings during
the two weekends before Halloween. This 'spooktacular' event is geared
towards families.
The train ride will take you through the farm's fields and then through the
North Woods of Ardenwood. At Deer Park Station a short walk will take
you to the farmyard and the Patterson House or you can ride the train back
to Ardenwood Station (when space is available).
We can accommodate 'wheeled' guests who cannot use the steps
into the cars at each end of the public train using the ramp at
Ardenwood Station and a wheelchair lift at Deer Park Station.
Trains are pulled by one of our diesel switch locomotives using open air
picnic cars converted from century old flatcars. Picnic cars were
historically used by 19th and early 20th century railroads to carry groups
of tourists on excursions during the seasonal slack periods.
