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Santa Trades in his Sleigh for a Ride Aboard Strasburg Rail Road

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December 9, 2014
Strasburg, PA (November 6, 2014) – 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

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/

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 visit www.strasburgrailroad.com, or call 717.687.7522

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