Santa has arrived at Strasburg Railroad! | Family 4-pack Ticket Giveaway

He’s making a list and checking it twice! Santa Claus is coming to Strasburg Rail Road, leading the 2014 season of unforgettable holiday trains and traditions.

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 6:30pm
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 9am

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/

Want to win a family 4-pack of tickets to ride Santa’s Paradise Express for the Sunday, December 21st 3pm train?  Enter below and good luck!

About Strasburg Rail Road:

Strasburg Rail Road is one of Pennsylvania’s leading family attractions and is home to museum quality, working, turn-of-the century steam locomotives, freight cars, dining cars, private cars and one of the largest fleets of historic wooden passenger cars in the world. Founded in 1832, Strasburg Rail Road also holds the unique distinction as being America’s oldest short line railroad.

The 45-minute train ride departs daily from Strasburg station. Passengers can choose to ride Coach, First-Class, Open Air or the Dining Car. Plus, ride on the miniature Pufferbelly steam train, the authentic Pump Car, or take a behind-the-scenes tour to see steam engines being built, restored and refurbished.

For more information on the Strasburg Rail Road or to purchase tickets, please visit www.strasburgrailroad.com, or call 717.687.7522