North Pole Express at the Florida Railroad Museum!

Every December for a few weekends before Christmas the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish has its annual North Pole Express! It's a train ride from Parrish to the Willow yard and event grounds which is transformed into the North Pole, complete with entertainment, arts and crafts, hot chocolate and Santa Claus!

In this video you will see the North Pole Express train as it passes by at Dickey Road, which is mile post SW 858.0 (which represents 858 miles to Richmond, VA back in the heydays of Seaboard Air Line), as well as departure and arrival from the Parrish station. Passengers take the train up to the Willow yard which is transformed into the North Pole and return to Parrish after a couple of hours.

After all, North Pole Express is by no doubt the Florida Railroad Museum's biggest event of the year, rivaling Day Out With Thomas which is held in March. North Pole Express is well attended and very popular.

As the North Pole Express is a very popular event, tickets for the North Pole Express go on sale in August and tickets do sell out quickly especially for prime evenings. However, you can get tickets for North Pole Express a week before they go on sale to the general public and that is by becoming a member of the Florida Railroad Museum! Not only you enjoy many benefits of being a member such as free train rides on the museum's regular Willow Express runs, you also help preserve Florida's railroading history for generations to come.

For more information on the Florida Railroad Museum, check out their web site at frrm.org. There you can find out more information on not only the regular Willow Express train rides but other events such as Murder Mystery and Day Out With Thomas. Tickets for the museum's train rides can also be purchased at the museum's web site - that way, your tickets are waiting for you at will call.