The train pulls out of Tyrone at 9 a.m. sharp on Dec. 14, and guess what? There\u2019s still tickets available.
\nOf course, we\u2019re talking about the Third Annual Yuletyme Tyrone Train Ride. And again, tickets remain available.
\nLast year\u2019s ride through a snow-laced valley to downtown Historic Bellefonte brought words like \u201camazing,\u201d \u201cwonderful\u201d and \u201cbeautiful\u201d from the more than 150 residents who boarded the vessels for a wintery wonderland ride.
\n\u201cWe still have about 20 tickets left,\u201d said Bonnie Patton, executive director of the Tyrone Area Chamber of Commerce, the organization which sponsors the event. \u201cSome people who had reservations may have had something come up or have made other plans since then, and they haven\u2019t picked up their tickets. So we have a few left and they\u2019re available up to the 11th.\u201d
\nThose wishing to purchase tickets must contact the TACOC at 684-0736. Tickets are $18 for adults and the children\u2019s fare is $12.
\nThe train will depart from Tyrone\u2019s Railpark at 9 a.m. and will arrive in historic Bellefonte just in time for arguably one of the most festive holiday events in the area \u2013 Victorian Christmas Days.
\nPrior to departure, the Tyrone Area Historical Society will hold a get-together time with coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts. The social hour begins one hour before the diesel train hits the rails.
\n\u201cWe really had a wonderful time last year,\u201d said Tyrone resident Grace Gonzalez, who was accompanied on the trip by her 31-year-old developmentally disabled son Scott Renwick. \u201cScott really enjoyed the trip. We met some really good people and had some pretty good laughs along the way. It was a terrific time and something I would recommend to anyone.\u201d
\nThe Tyrone couple of Linda and Larry Strong also enjoyed the trip. Linda said they were fortunate that it actually snowed that day and riding along the rails with the snow falling was \u201cjust beautiful.\u201d
\n\u201cThe entire trip was totally relaxing,\u201d she said.
\nStrong also noted the beauty of Victorian Christmas Days celebration in Bellefonte. Events there included crafts, a Santa house, the Festival of Trees, a Christmas museum and musical presentations.
\n\u201cBellefonte was absolutely beautiful,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really enjoyed the horse-drawn carriage ride and just walking through all the little stores and doing some shopping. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll go back.\u201d
\nJohn Benn, a self-proclaimed \u201carmchair train buff,\u201d took his family, which included his wife Tammy, his then 12-year-old son Josh and his then 7-year-old daughter Shannon.
\n\u201cI was really surprised that Josh enjoyed it as much as he did,\u201d said Benn. \u201cI would have never believed he would have enjoyed it as much as he did, but he, like the rest of us, just thought it was wonderful.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to go back this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The train pulls out of Tyrone at 9 a.m. sharp on Dec. 14, and guess what? There\u2019s still tickets available. Of course, we\u2019re talking about the Third Annual Yuletyme Tyrone Train Ride. And again, tickets remain available. Last year\u2019s ride through a snow-laced valley to downtown Historic Bellefonte brought words like \u201camazing,\u201d \u201cwonderful\u201d and \u201cbeautiful\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}