Ride the Train at Stone Gables Estate (Saturdays)!
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 4, 2021
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Fees/Admission
Online fees: $15 (adults); $8 (ages 3 – 17); ages 2 and under are free.
Website
Description
Enjoy a nostalgic 1.2-mile round-trip narrated train excursion through the center of Stone Gables Estate on the Harrisburg, Lincoln & Lancaster Railroad, traversing the original 1838 railroad bed on which President Lincoln’s funeral train traveled on April 22, 1865.
Featured is a replica of an 1868 steam locomotive, pulling replicas of an 1848 Pioneer Coach and a mid-1860's Combine Coach. Journey past an original 1835 hand-cut and stacked stone wall, through woodlands with 250 to 350-year-old “witness” trees, past the restored 1844 Herr’s Mill Covered Bridge, and along the cascading, boulder-lined Conoy Creek. The conductor will provide historical and current facts about sights along the way, the railroad, train, and Stone Gables Estate.
The train will pull into a 235-foot-long, 1860’s-style Engine House where guests will disembark to enjoy a tour of the all-new Lincoln Funeral Train Museum and a narrated walk-through of the only replica of the 1865 presidential private car, “United States,” which was used as Lincoln’s Funeral Car.
Saturday Operating Schedule:
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Until further notice, all tickets must be pre-purchased online.
Rates:
$15 (adults)
$8 (ages 3 – 17)
Free for ages 2 and under
Event entrance:
1 Hollinger Lane,
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
Click here for more information and to order tickets. Scroll down to the “Ride the Train” banner and click on the “Book Your Ride Now!” button.