We have wanted to take a train ride. Found out about Tioga railroad and website revealed a dinner ride. 2-1/2 ride. It was an Oktoberfest menu - homemade catering. Chef was awesome! As soon as we boarded dinner was served. Staff was amazingly efficient and friendly. Cash wine & beer available. Perfect amount of time for dinner and ride. Perfect choice to try out something new. We will definitely do this again!
It was a nice hour and a half long ride in an open air car. The food was ok. The closed cars were mostly unrestored, just the way they should be. Max speed was about 28 mph by my phone gps, A fun low-key event. Mixed views.
We took the 5pm Santa train on Sunday. This train ride is an hour long trip. The train has one stop to pick up Santa at an old train depot. The trip was okay but I think it could easily with very little effort by the rail road company be a lot better. Mrs Claus is on board for the whole trip but she has little inter action with the children other then handing out a coloring page/wish list. The elf just walks thru the train no interaction with the children. Santa on the other hand was pretty awesome and spent a good amount of time with each child. Also an updated sound system would help as you cannot hear the music at all as there is only on speaker per train car. That being say the kids enjoyed the ride the adults not so much, it just needed a little more effort by the company to bring a bit more of magic to the ride.
Finally rode the train this vacation in Wellsboro. Waste of money. Railroad cars on both sides and especially on left side forever. Then a marsh on the right side. After that all you see is trees and brush, a few back yards and two views of route 287. At the end you see the lake. You should just drive to the lake and save almmost two hours and $20 a head. Plus on the way back we were treated to four brats and no discipline from the parents misbehaving badly. WASTE OF TIME.
My partner and I ride every train excursion we can and found this ride boring. A narrator told us the history of the train and the area which was the most interesting part of the ride. Not much to see.
It is something to do for an hour and a half. There isn't much to see but the seats are comfortable.
I am a true railroad fan and this train ride was one of my all time favorites. A nice long and peaceful trip and the folks here are some of the friendliest people you could meet.
The food was average. There was no commentary about what we were seeing (if anything). Service was below average. Not worth $45 per person.
It was okay. we took the 5pm train for the dinner and I was a little disappointed. First a member of our party could not attend due to emergency and no refunds are given at all. The train is old and the dining cart area is not as clean. The food was good, not great on presentation but good. Dinnerware is very old but clean.The staff is very nice and the open train car was nice but if taking the evening train in fall, you will not be able to take photos. It is too dark. They should run an early dinner train at 4pm. The main part of the scenic train ride is the lake they pass but other than that, its mostly looking in peoples back yards and a highway that runs parallel. Overall it was okay. I had a nice time just riding the train.
Highly disappointed in the Santa ride no hot choc and cookies like it said not many lights on train or trackside like website shows very disappointing and will not recommend to anyone