Steam Train Engine Trips in Pennsylvania

Strasburg Rail Road

• This railroad company runs a 45-minute excursion through Lancaster county. It has been in operation since 1832. Food is prepared on board using specialty recipes, which means lunch is available in a dining car. Selections and payments for food have to be made at the time of the train ride. Combo passes--which include discounted tickets to Straburg Rail Road and the Rail Road Museum of Pennsylvania--are also available. The company also has luxurious first class rides offering wine and cheese events. Such events are usually available from April through November for tourists who are 21 years or older.

  Strasburg Rail Road

  Rt. 741 East

  Strasburg, PA

  717-687-7522

  strasburgrailroad.com

Steamtown

• Steamtown is a national historic site in Scranton, Pa., under the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Services. Train rides and excursions are short. Although the park is open throughout the year, train rides are seasonal. There are no rides in winter months. The trains start running in April through November five days a week, from Wednesday to Sunday. Seats are unreserved: they are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The train also has a limited capacity for the physically challenged and their guests.

  Steamtown

  150 South Washington Avenue

  Scranton, PA 18503-2018

  570-340-5200

  nps.gov

Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad

• The company runs three-hour trips beginning June through October that take you through the oil industry history in Pennsylvania. Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad has open-air cars that give you an unfettered view of picturesque, northwestern Pennsylvania. Depending on what you want to do, you can stop at a specific station and jump back on the train at another. If you have a bicycle, for instance, you can disembark at Perry Station and ride 10 miles through Oil Creek State Park. The train can pick you up at Petroleum Center, Rynd Farm Station or Drake Well Station. If you want to send postcards, the post office is available. The company runs the only working railroad post office in the U.S.

  Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad

  7 Elm Street

  Oil City, PA 16301

  814-676-1733

  octrr.org