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Rail excursions along the Delaware River leaving from Phillipsburg behind a steam locomotive, antique diesels or railcar. Easter Bunny Train and Easter Egg Hunt trains on weekends and day before Easter. May through October, weekend steam excursions, including the Winery Tour Train and Mine Train excursions. A Day Out With Thomas the middle two weekends in July. In early Fall, ride the train and find your way through the corn maze or choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. After Thanksgiving, Polar Express Trains. Information, timetables, tickets and directions can be found at our website or call the ticket office.

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During your next visit to The Lafayette Inn, take a leisurely, 5-minute drive over the bridge to New Jersey and experience  Delaware River Railroad Excursions . It doesn’t get much better than a scenic ride along the Delaware River on historic railroad equipment staffed by enthusiastic volunteers. They have an array of fun-filled trips, and it’s easy to find one that’s perfect for anyone of any age.  

The fun doesn’t stop there. There’s so much to see and do throughout Easton and the Lehigh Valley! Take a look at   our blog   and start planning your trip. 

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One of the best things about  Delaware River Railroad Excursions  is that they offer a wide selection of trips throughout the year. No matter how young or old you are, or what time of the year it is, there’s always fun to be had here! 

The River and Steam Train 

Year-round, you can take a 1 ½ hour trip along the  Delaware River  with Delaware River Railroad Excursions. This river is one of the cleanest in the United States and flows past quaint towns and gorgeous wild areas. The steam locomotive will take you to Riegelsville and back. You will listen to an intriguing narration along the route as you gaze out the window at breathtaking nature.  

The Winery Train 

Calling all wine lovers! Hop aboard the Winery Train from May 2nd to October 25th and experience an unforgettable trip. You’ll visit one of New Jersey’s favorite wineries, Villa Milagro Vineyards. As you’re surrounded by rolling farmlands, you will be taught how grapes are grown and made into wine, followed by a wine tasting. If you find a varietal that you love, you can purchase a bottle that you can take home with you and enjoy during a relaxing evening in your guest room at The Lafayette Inn.  

The Ol’ Susquehanna Mine Train 

From May 4th to October 27th, you can participate in this exciting and instructional mine tour and learn how to pan for real gemstones. Upon arrival at the mining site, you’ll learn about the history of the mine and how to pan for gemstones. Then you’re set free to find treasures! Participants may find up to 11 ounces of gemstones, including amethyst, rubies, rose, quartz, emeralds, crystals, and arrowheads.  

The Polar Express Train Ride 

Bring your children aboard the Polar Express and show them the magic of Christmas. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, passengers will be entertained by hearing stories, meeting Santa, singing carols. Kids will even be given their own magic sleigh bell! Families are encouraged to wear pajamas to feel extra cozy as they sip on hot chocolate and eat cookies.  

The Great Pumpkin Train 

There’s no better way to get in the fall spirit than a ride on The Great Pumpkin Train. On this ride, you’ll travel to a picturesque pumpkin patch where you will be able to pick your own pumpkin that you can bring home. During autumn, there’s also a corn maze where the train can drop you off!  

Stay With Us at Lafayette Inn 

After a day spent along the Delaware River, return to  T he Lafayette Inn  for a peaceful evening. We offer eighteen beautifully-decorated  guest rooms   in a stunning 1895 Georgian Mansion in the heart of Easton, PA. In our guest rooms, you could find jetted tubs, cozy fireplaces, or spacious soaking tubs. In the morning, you can continue to relax and feel spoiled and let us handle  breakfast . Enjoy a continental breakfast and a fresh cup of coffee before you venture out for the day. 

Are you excited for a  getaway to the Lehigh Valley ?  Browse our availability  and pick the perfect accommodations for you!  

Delaware River Railroad Excursions

Review Highlights

“ We rode the train twice so far, once for the polar express and recently for the corn maze ride. ” in 6 reviews

“ Entertainment going on & of course Santa & the elf is always a big hit! ” in 2 reviews

“ I get how the money isn't there, if anyone travels and is on a schedule this would be bad to miss your scheduled departure . ” in 2 reviews

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100 Elizabeth St

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

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I don't know if I should be disappointed or not since I have set no expectations. My husband said he wanted to visit with the family for the experience and we did just that. Upon arrival, we had to pay for parking via meters so make sure to download the parking app on your smartphones to save you the headache on feeding the meter at the lot. We purchased tickets online so we showed our receipt and got our printed tickets. Note to parents with little kids: hold onto the tickets as you'll need to show them later to the employees for the train ride and any activities. The train board on time. It was old, nothing fancy and nothing to sightsee but looking at the waters for few minutes and then into people's backyards which I'm sure homeowners find it creepy and annoying. Luckily with family, we chatted on the train but if I was alone, I'd rather watch wet paint dry. The corn maze activity was fun and was probably the only highlight of the trip. As you work through the maze, you'll be given clues to solve the mystery question and there's two mazes - a beginners and a more advanced level. When you purchase the maze activity, it includes both. After we finished the maze, we head back to train and then back to the parking lot. The full experience took about 4 hours.

Made this place our annual Polar Express excursion! For a few years I would wait until December to book, and tickets would always be sold out. Past few times tickets have been purchased months in advance. We've sat in different carts throughout the experiences. Cart A has been my family's preferred cart. It's room temperature, lights fully off, bathroom access and fully interactive. Tickets range from $32 for children and $42 for adults single level cars. We were sat in one row for single level cars. There is an option for double decker which I recommend for big families that would like to face one another. Included in this excursion is interactive entertainment from a conductor, jugglers, musicians, chefs, elves and Santa! The conductor takes your tickets and hole punches your initials on it. Although there is a snack bar in which you can purchase additional snacks like popcorn, chocolate bars etc. the chefs go around handing out hot chocolate and a cookie. Elves hand out Christmas bells. Santa takes his time with each family taking pics and talking to all the children. The train ride itself is about an hour in a half. The view at night is a bit difficult to see hence the dark; yet, the view of the river and houses is nice. Delaware River Railroad Excursions does a great job choreographing a true Polar Express experience!

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Our first time joining this railroad. We bought tickets online for dino ride weekend since my 10 yrs old is a huge dino fan. $20 for adults. $17 for kids. The station is located at a residential area. It has own small parking lot which can hold about 30 cars. Two mobile potties at the lot. The lot was full when we got there around 11 am. They offer you to drive yourself across the bridge and park at other lot. Free shuttle school bus offered to bring you back at station. There were 3 trains on my day: 10, 12 and 2 pm. I bought tickets for 10 am but missed it. Luckily they can accommodate us to the 12 noon one. Trains are old just like other reviewers said. Certain cabooses are little better than the other. One even has upstairs. Train has a cute little gift shop. Don't compare prices to Amazon. It's just a cute train shop on a train. Train has bathroom. Train took off at 12:10 pm. Took about 15 min to get to Jurassic park area. It's an open area cleared from part of a corn field. All activities are free except food. It has : - corn maze with inflatable Dinos. One way road. No confusion at all. - placed mining: little prep talk then given a bag of sediment to 'mine' in running water. Each bag has stones and if lucky, you get gems. - dino meet and greet: photo op - gift shop - temporary tatoo and spin art - velociraptor show: Meet Mommy and baby Blue. You can let them. They come to the fence. - the dino show: Paleontologist talks about dino. Very interactive and the speakers made it fun for kids. - bubble machine. Kids enjoyed it - Not free: one carnival truck: corn dog $4, hot dog$3 , French fries $6-$15, burgers etc. pls refer to my pic for menu prices. The Jurassic area took about 1.5 hours to finish. Stretched to 2 hours if you stand online to buy food. Plenty of chairs and tables to eat. They even have hand washing mobile stations. Then you catch the train back to the station. The train takes you back after it drops off the people who are coming. Takes another 15 min to return. They issue Certificate for all the kids for participating. Conclusion: It's better than I thought. Family of 4 spent $74 in tickets including 30 min train ride ( old but clean) and the activities (2 hours) at Jurassic park. It's not crowded at all. You don't have to fight a spot to see the show or touch the dino. Don't go if you are not bringing kids!!! You will be bored to death!!! Teenagers won't be interested. Activities are overall pretty kiddish. My 10 years old like the mining most. If your kiddo is really into dino, also check out Jurassic quest in different cities. They are more serious about Dinos, definitely not inflatable.

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Not really much to look forward to; the train is beautiful from the outside and screams "welcome in" but the inside was very outdated, kind of reminded me of seats on a school bus. It had that old scent from the seats, which always make me feel nauseous. A few updates and some air fresheners would truly make an impact on my visit if I were to return again. I love that the train offers different things such as the wine tour which takes you to a vineyard, mine digging which is probably more fun for kids, picnic areas with tables and cornhole, and they also host themed rides during the holiday seasons, for example they are having a Polar Express train in December of this year, may come back to see what that's like. But all in all I have nothing bad to say, just think this business would benefit from a few minor changes.

Pumpkin Train and Mining were amazing for the kids. Riding in a classic railway was fun for the adults. Total time from getting on to getting off was around 2-2.5h. We hopped on at 11am (recommend that you get there 30-45m earlier for parking, getting tickets and using the port-o-potties). That seemed to take longer than the actual trip. Once on the train, it was relaxing and fun. Make sure to bring a snack while waiting to mine for gems and minerals. The corn maze was also there but we skipped it. We made a stop on the way back so the kids can get a free pumpkin and to take a few fall pictures. The price is right. The staff was friendly and more than helpful. Thank you!!

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What a blast my children had...Candy the elf was the kindest sweetest elf on train......sge worked great with all the kids.... my son is shy but want up to her and Gabe a big hug.....love the selfie with the Elsie and son gave her a checkie kiss and hugs that's candy the elf u made their dreams come true

Based on an article in the NJ monthly magazine , my family an I took a 2 hour trip to ride the train, what a disappointment. No parking , the windows on the train are few and filthy so you can't see anything , there is no pumpkin patch. You have 10 minutes of fun at the " mine". Not worth a 2 hour ride.

Pretty boring if you don't have kids with you. My friend and I thought this would be a cool excursion to view the area since the weather was pretty lousy. The scenery was nice...fall foliage and a cute pumpkin patch for kids only. Not for kids older than...I'd say 10. There's a gift shop with snacks on board. the staff was very friendly and took extra time interacting with the younger children. This is not an Amtrak ride, so don't expect a lot. I would not recommend going out your way for this train ride, but if you stumble across it and need time to kill...go for it.

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Train ride itself is pretty cool. The train is fun, the information presented on the train is great and so are the views of the river. We took the train to the mine, which leaves a little something to be desired. Again the information presented at the mine is great and sifting through the bag of sand to find gems is fun, however there is definitely not enough to do to fill an hour and a half that you are there and it is not a real mine tour at all.

Gems found at the mine

Mine train stop

There are so many low scores and I don't get why! I parked at a gas station lot and paid $10 to park. The people there who helped me park were absolutely lovely and I was a very short distance (maybe 200 feet) walk from the ticket booth and they were extremely helpful on helping me get out at the end of the night. Plus you're helping the town guys! I took my 7 year old son on November 30th on the polar express. Let me just say that as an adult I had a blast so you can only imagine how much fun my son had. You start off listening to the ending of the polar express and singing the song from the movie. Let me just say, every kid in the car we were in was singing their hearts out. We got hot chocolate and cookies. I can't comment on the taste of the cookies because my son ate both because he loved them so much but the coco was just the right temperature that the children can drink it right away. Everyone on the train got coco and cookies. Now we had a hobo come in and sing, jugglers, Santa and a chef spinning plates. They made sure every child got one on one attention which is hard when you have trains packed with children. My son felt so special the entire night and even got to spin a plate he was so excited he got to participate in every step. My only complaint is there were some moments when nothing was happening. This is usually when the entertainers are taking care of the other children around you so they get the one on one moments too. During this time, my son had brought a few trains with him so he was content with playing with a few of his trains so I recommend bringing something small for your child to do as the entertainers make memories for other families. I can't recommend this polar express enough. This was our first time ever doing a polar express and we look forward to making this a Christmas tradition.

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The Delaware River Railroad Excursions include the Great Pumpkin Train Ride, Warren County Winery Train, Mine Train and other special events each weekend. The train is operated by the New York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society.

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The Susquehanna Mining Co.

Learn the history of the mine, pan for gem stones and watch the mine blow up!

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A visit to one of New Jersey's most beautiful Wineries.

Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM

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Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

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Ride the train to historic Reigelsville NJ and enjoy the beautiful Delaware river views.

Enjoy a beautiful journey along the scenic Delaware River and visit one of New Jersey's most beautiful Wineries for tastings and a tour.

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The Susquehanna Mining Company

• Phillipsburg, NJ

Learn about Placer Mining, Pan 

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 shop, picnic grove, horseshoes, checkers, thether ball, and corn hole to play as well. A one hour fifty minute stay at the mine 

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Day Out With Thomas: Bubble Tour is heading 

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River Railroad Excursions with loads

 of bubble themed games and activities! 

• Sept. 14 & 15

Take a ride back to the Jurassic Period and discover the magic of Dinosaurs!

Polar Express Train Ride

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Thomas at lehigh junction.

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Night time along the river.

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Steaming back in time

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Reviews from our riders

Loved watching my grandson's enjoy the ride. Highly recommend train ride.

Judy Barreto-Matos

Fun time enjoyed by all! Would highly recommend it!

George Batta

The Polar Express was such a magical experience for both the children and adults! Great entertainment and friendly and fun crew! I highly recommend.

Danielle Kinslow

Very enjoyable day, very organized, pleasant Staff, a day great train ride. Booked the winery excursion to Villa Milagro for wine 🍷 tastings. Excellent guide/owner of the winery. Learned many new facts about winemaking! All in all, a perfect day!

Barbara Volpe

The crew very very friendly and offered to take a group photo of my family and even took a selfie with my son and I. The train was clean and roomy we did the mining ride everyone had a great time will definitely be doing another trip very soon

Mary Folwell

Projects & areas of interest.

From steam engines to museums, there is something for everyone!

The Steam Program / Mechanical Department

The NYSWTHS is always looking for more people to get involved. We have an active steam program which will teach you from the ground up what you need to know. During the year we have classes on everything from railroad rules training to locomotive maintenance.

The operations department covers all personnel involved in the movement and operation of trains. Our program , administered by our partners, The Black River and Western Railroad is a fully qualified federally regulated program of railroad operation. 

Maywood Station Museum

The Maywood Station Museum has everything for the rail historian - from a restored historic train station with numerous photographs, artifacts and displays to historic equipment and operating model trains, there is plenty to explore and relive.

The Delaware River Railroad Excursions

The Great Pumpkin Train 

The great pumpkin train.

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In the month of October, every Train is The Great Pumpkin Train. ride along the Delaware River during the most beautiful time of the year. Disembark at The Corn Maze/ Sunquehanna Mine ( Snyders Station) and spen 2 hours at the mine panning for gem stones you can take home and / or take on the challenge of our corn maze.

if you do not have the time for the Corn Maze and Mine, just take the beautiful train ride.

Not to worry, every train stops at the Pumpkin Patch on the way home.

Every child is welcome to get off the train and pick a pumpkin for free!

The pumpkin patch sits in a beautiful glade in front of the century old Carpentersville Lime Kilns. The lime kilns are not only the oldest but also the largest left in existence in New Jersey, dating to before the Revolutionary War!

The Susquehanna Mining Company

The Susquehanna Mining Company tour is a must for every passenger.

At The Mine you will learn the  hilarious and  tragic history of the mine. One lucky miner will actually push the plunger and blow the mine! After the short tour each Miner will be presented a basic bag of mining "rough". We will teach you to pan for real gem stones you can take home!

On site we also have the mine store with a great selection of gifts and minerals.

You can buy both Mine and Maze tickets on site if by chance you did not purchase them in advance.

The Picnic Area 

Feel free to make the most of your stay. You will be on site for one and a half hours so there is plenty of time for a nice picnic! We have a beautiful picnic grove under 3 gigantic pine trees just adjacent to the mining activity and Mine Store gift shop

The Corn Maze

Play the game where getting lost is half the fun. We have two mazes ( different designs each year) with two different games to play. Play the numbers game where you search for the check points, 6 in each maze. Once you find the check point, you punch out the coresponding kernel of corn on your maze map. Get 1 to 6 in the small maze and or 7 to 12 in the large maze and you win!  

Other events along your journey...

For an additional fee ( only $8.00) add the Susquehanna Mining Company to your adventure. Learn the amusing and trajic history of the mine and pan for gem stones you can take home! From late August to the end of October play the game where getting lost is half the fun! Come explore the Corn Maze. this is also only a $5.00 add on when purchasing tickets.

September 30th  to October 29th

10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm ( October Only)

Event Location

Phillipsburg, New Jersey

$14.00 Child and $20.00 Adult

A Fall Adventure

In October every train is The Great Pumpkin Train. Every train stops at the beautiful pumpkin patch on the way home. Every child may pick a free pumpkin!