Newport Dinner Train
| Locale | Newport County, Rhode Island, USA |
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| Dates of operation | 1997–present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Headquarters | Newport |
The Newport Dinner Train is a heritage railroad operating in Newport, Rhode Island, in conjunction with the Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway.
It offers passenger excursion trains along a line between Newport and Portsmouth where the line comes to an end just before the recently dismantled Tiverton swing bridge.
The line currently operates a dinner train. The train has two 72-seat traditional dining cars and a 48-seat parlor/lounge car which functions as a cabaret.
In 2007, the dinner train purchased two former Wilton Scenic Railroad Budd RDCs for use on the new Islander Touring Train which will also be operated as a regularly scheduled passenger train between Newport and Portsmouth.
By February 25, 2013, the dinner train was posted for sale on the website of Sterling Rail,[1] a broker for rail equipment sales.[2]
It was sold November 1, 2014, and operates as the Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad Company.
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Newport Dinner Train
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Newport Dinner Train