Three special trains – and a lot of extra fun and merriment around the station – will delight families this season at Strasburg Rail Road. Visitors can meet Santa aboard a real, vintage steam train (and without the long mall lines), recreate the excitement of Christmas Eve with a classic storybook reading while wearing their PJs or travel by train to choose a fresh-cut Christmas Tree.
Santa’s Paradise Express
November 28-30, December 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, multiple times throughout the day
Santa will ride aboard the train with a special gift for good boys and girls. Santa will greet each passenger in their seats and families will have the opportunity to visit with him and have their photo taken. At the station Mrs. Claus will be available to help finalize letters to Santa and visitors can enjoy a ride aboard the Tinsel Trolley, a self-propelled motorcar, and hear storybook readings of holiday classics aboard a heated stationary Caboose.
Adults $17, Children (ages 3-11) $11, Children (ages 2 and under) $3
Night Before Christmas Train
November 28, December 5, 12 and 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The magic of Christmas Eve is recreated on this special train ride. Visitors can wear their pajamas and enjoy cookies and milk as they travel down the tracks. On board, a reader dressed in a Victorian nightshirt and cap will read aloud the classic poem, "The Night Before Christmas.” At the station visitors can enjoy storybook readings of holiday classics aboard a heated stationary Caboose and a ride aboard the Tinsel Trolley, a self-propelled motorcar.
The Strasburg Rail Road will donate $5 from every adult ticket sold to the Clinic for Special Children located in Strasburg, Pa.
Adults $17, Children (ages 3-11) $11, Children (ages 2 and under) $3
Christmas Tree Train
December 6 at 9 a.m.
Visitors won’t forget selecting this year’s Christmas tree with a ride aboard the Christmas Tree Train at Strasburg Rail Road. Travel aboard an authentic, vintage steam train to Leaman Place Grove to select a fresh-cut, locally grown tree. As passengers board the train to ride back to the station their tree will follow along on a vintage flatcar.
Adults $17, Children (ages 11 and under) $1
Cost of Christmas tree is an additional fee. Prices range by tree and average about $40.
All holiday trains include a 45-minute ride down the tracks from Strasburg Rail Road to Paradise, Pa. and back. Train cars are heated. For more information about holiday trains visit: http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/christmas-trains/.
Giveaway
We're giving away four tickets for one lucky family to ride along with Santa on Santa's Paradise Express on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. Complete this form to be entered to win. Please note tickets are only valid for this date and time.
Bonus Entry
Tell us your favorite Christmas movie or book that's a tradition in your house to receive one bonus entry.
Rules
All entrants must be at least 21 years of age and a subscriber to Lebanon Macaroni Kid. Deadline for entry is Tuesday, Nov. 25 at noon. One winner will be randomly drawn and contacted by email. Winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
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