By Steam
![Steam](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Steam.jpg)
Bring your guests back in time. Have your dinner reception aboard our
1920’s Pullman dining cars while enjoying the Connecticut River coastline.
Train Cars
![Republic](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Republic.jpg)
Great Republic
The Great Republic is a unique parlor car with 34 individual swivel seats. It was built by the Pullman Company and used on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad’s “Yankee Clipper” train between New York City and Boston. It was acquired by the Valley Railroad in 1991 and placed into revenue service in 1994.
![Wallingford](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wallingford.jpg)
Wallingford
The Wallingford was built in 1927 by the Pullman Company and used in service on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad’s “Merchant’s Limited”. It was used as a first class Parlor Car on the Steam Train until 1994, when it was reconfigured as a dining car for the Essex Clipper train.
![Meriden](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Meriden.jpg)
Meriden
The Meriden was built by the Pullman Company in 1924 and was originally named Plymouth. It ran on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad’s “Merchant’s Limited”. The car was purchased and restored by the Valley Railroad as a 54-seat parlor/dining car for the Essex Clipper train.
![Goodspeed](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Goodspeed.jpg)
Goodspeed
Originally named the Dacosta, this 28-seat parlor car was built by the Pullman Company in 1927. The Valley Railroad purchased the car from a tourist railroad in Ohio in 1988. However, it was left in storage for decades, finally undergoing a total restoration in August 2013. Once restorations were complete, the car was put into service on the Essex Clipper train. It was renamed Goodspeed in 2016.
![Middeltown](http://cdn-5daf4494f911ce0ff4c17b1c.closte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Middeltown.jpg)