Fun For All Ages
Tunkhannock plus weekends and Christmas Eve from Reading Outer Station and Pittston. Santa visits each ticketholder and seating options from Reading include coach, crown class, and vista dome class with panoramic views. RBM&NR also operates the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway’s Santa Claus Special out of Jim Thorpe. Reading, PA www.rbmnrr-passenger.com/santatrains Jim Thorpe, PA https://www.lgsry.com/ The Stourbridge Line DL&S Railroad Company runs the 2-hour round-trip Santa Christmas Tree Express three weekends in December, including Christmas Eve, departing from Honesdale. After a one hour visit with Santa aboard the train, passengers can purchase their Christmas tree from Dein Nurseries. Honesdale, PA www.thestourbridgeline.net/
Michael C. Upton Arts & Leisure Writer Night Before Christmas while passengers sip hot chocolate and enjoy a cookie. Kutztown, PA www.allentownandauburnrailroad.com/ Everett Railroad Company The Santa Express is a one-hour train ride through Central Pennsylvania to Brookes Mills and children enjoy the scenic ride onboard a steam-powered locomotive. Cocoa and cookies are provided, and all children get a small gift from the merry old man himself. Hollidaysburg, PA https://everettrailroad.com/ East Broad Top Railroad and Rockhill Trolley Museum Christmas in Coal Country runs weekends November through December departing from a beautifully decorated station for a one-hour ride pulled by a 107-year-old steam locomotive. Santa Claus boards the train to visit with every family and give a special coal-
Colebrookdale Railroad Hot chocolate, gifts, chocolate chip cookies, and a few carolers greet guests aboard the Doodlebug to Colebrookdale Grove. Santa’s Polar Bear Express is a one-hour ride with a live reading aboard a train from the golden age of railroading. Colebrookdale also runs ’Twas the Night before Christmas and Snowflake Special trains. 64 S Washington St, Boyertown, PA 19512; https://www. colebrookdalerailroad.com/ Allentown & Auburn Railroad Santa Trains with the big man in red run weekends in December plus Christmas Eve. Hot Chocolate Trains have Santa, too, and he will read the December, 2023 ~ ExtendedWeekendGetaways | -129-
