The Polar Express Train Ride in Palestine, Texas

Texas State Railroad takes historic journey

Let's take a train ride! On Friday, May 26 come out and see this Ol' Gal gliding down the tracks at Texas State Railroad. Locomotive is TSR 30. This locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1917 for the Tremont & Gulf Railway which was a shortline railroad which operated between Tremont and Winnfield Louisiana. It was sold to the Magma Arizona Railroad in 1952 and became their No. 7. Interesting coincidence: this was the locomotive used to film "How the West was Won" on the

THE POLAR EXPRESS at #TexasStateRR is on track to depart beginning November 13th. Tickets are selling fast for prime seats and times onboard the AUTHENTIC POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN departing Texas State Railroad's depot in #PalestineTX! Give your child and family an experience of a lifetime, surrounded by the Christmas spirit of twinkling lights, singing cocoa chefs, and the first sight of Santa and his elves at the North Pole, all bringing to life the well-known story written by Chris Allsburg. We en