A beautiful train ride bedecked with Christmas lights, sights, scenery, music and more!
The City of Bristol, in Liberty County, has the “best kept secret in Northwest Florida.’ The secret is Veterans Memorial Railroad, located in the Veterans Memorial Park in Bristol. This Railroad consists of three (3) two-foot gauge trains which travel around the perimeter of the park (over one mile of track) for the delight of families from within the Panhandle as well as Alabama and Georgia.
The trains consist of a diesel replica, known as “Ole Faithful – Red White Blue;” “ No. 59,” a replica of a coal fired steam locomotive, and the Crown jewel of the Railroad, an authentic, restored, coal-fired steam engine. All of these antique park trains are one- third the size of full size locomotives of the past. Each train has a unique history. The trains are operated by volunteers who come together throughout the year to provide a unique experience for families.. The volunteers provide train rides for special reservations, (birthday parties, school field trips), free public run days (second Saturday of each month) and most importantly, for the extraordinary family entertainment for Halloween, “Ghost Train” and Christmas, “Polar Bear Express” events. These events entail the design, and construction of life-size scenes around the perimeter of Veterans
Memorial Park, including unusual accessories and thousands of lights. Music on each train depicts the individual scene as the train travels around the park.
The Halloween and Christmas events are major fund raisers for the Railroad to cover expenses for maintenance of the track and trains, fuel, coal, as well as the development and construction of the amazing scenes.
To avoid waiting in line over an extended period of time, FAST TRACK tickets are available on-line at: veteransmemorialrailroad.org
For additional information please call 850-643- 6646
Tickets are 10.00 Per person (children under 2 are free!) for the regular trains/Fast Track
Tickets are 15.00 Per person (children under 2 are free!) for the Steam train experience
Phone: 8506436646
2017/12/07 - 2017/12/23
Additional time info:
All times are Eastern Standard!
Veterans Memorial Railroad
10561 N.W. Theo Jacobs Road - County Road 12 (Behind the Civic Center), Bristol, FL 32321