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* Except Easter, Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Sit Back, relax and enjoy the salt air breeze as you travel along the cozy west shore of Aquidneck island (Newport RI) in an open platform coach built 1904 or an 1884 parlor car.
Experience a once forgotten era as you travel through the
noted Newport RI Naval Base and along scenic Narragansett Bay with its scenic vistas of ships sailing in the bay,
natural rocky beaches and wildlife that have adjoined the railway since 1864.
Join us and be part of our railroad heritage.
First Class passengers enjoy the "1884" sumptuous private parlor car with individual wicker chairs,
all facing the Bay. The parlor car, which is limited to 18 seats, also enjoys the presence of a full retention toilet
system installed in 1992, a pot belly stove, the conductor's office, and a food preparation area.
Coach passengers enjoy a ride in a vintage car with a "turn of the century" atmosphere seating in one of 72 seats
heated by a pot belly stove.
Rides are an 80 minute, scenic 10 mile round trip along the East shore of Narragansett Bay. The train
travels through Naval Station Newport. It also passes Pier One, the location of two
decommissioned US Navy aircraft carriers, the
USS Saratoga
and the USS Forrestal.
You will also see Narragansett Bay dotted with various sailing and power craft from our scenic train.
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Click here for additional OCNRR photos
on the N.E. Railfan Photo Archives
The Old Colony and Newport Railroad scenery has changed with the addition of two mothballed
Aircraft Carriers that have been relocated from the now closed Philadelphia Navy Yard. 
The Aircraft Carriers Forrestal and Saratoga are now on display along our Narragansett Bay.
Newport RI. has a special sunset over the Bay, bringing enjoyment to all passengers. The view towards
Jamestown Island and the Quonset Point area are superb. Numerous power and sail craft, tugs
with barges and tankers bringing home petroleum products to New England, flourish in our view of
the beautiful bay.
Our trains leave from the OCNRR Depot at 19 America's Cup Ave in Newport RI.,
across from the Newport RI Convention and Visitors Bureau & Bus Station and just North of the Marriott Hotel.
We have our own parking lot and have limited parking for our guests at the depot.
Our Old Colony phone is (401) 624-6951)
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