Old Colony & Newport Scenic Railway - Passenger Trains, Rail Cars & Scenic Railways

Old Colony & Newport Scenic Railway
19 America's Cup Ave
Newport, RI

Info@ocnrr.com

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.

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.

First Class passengers will enjoy the "1884" sumptuous private parlor car with individual wicker chairs, limited to 18 and all facing the Bay. The parlor car also enjoys the presence of a full retention toilet system installed in 1992, A pot belly stove, a private office and a food preparation area.

Enjoy the Ride 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.

All trains leave from the Train 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. Train Rides are an 80 min. Ten mile round trip scenic train ride along the east shore of Narragansett Bay Scenic train trips will travel through the Naval Base and will also pass the Pier One location of two large naval aircraft carriers, the Saratoga and the Forrestal. Also See Newport RI. Harbor dotted with various sailing and power craft from our scenic train.

We have our own parking lot and have limited parking for our guests at the depot. Our Old Colony phone is (401)624-6951)

Our Mission Statement
The National Railroad Foundation and Museum, Located in Newport RI and operator of the Old Colony & Newport Scenic Railway, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and operation of historic railroad equipment, and the preservation of Narragansett Bay & the surrounding environment.