Polar Express on pace to draw 25,000 to Medina this holiday season
Photos by Ginny Kropf: Santa and his elves pose in front of the headquarters at the North Pole as they wait for the arrival of the Polar Express on Sunday afternoon. The Polar Express will run for four more weekends.
MEDINA – More than 25,000 people are expected to visit Medina during the next four weekends to ride the Polar Express at Medina Railroad Museum.
The magical train of movie fame will depart the Railroad Museum for the North Pole on the corner of Bolton Road in Gasport for six runs each Saturday and Sunday.
The Museum has acquired use of property by Bolton Road to construct their North Pole site, complete with a permanent work shop, a clock tower and live Christmas trees.
Passengers on the Polar Express receive “the first gift of Christmas,” hot chocolate and a cookie enroute, while elves read and dance through the aisles. Santa also rides the train and visits with youngsters in every car.
When the train pulls into the “North Pole,” Santa and his elves come out of the workshop and wave as the train slows and prepares to stop for its return to the Museum.
Some tickets are still available and may be ordered by visiting the Museum’s website at medinarailroadmuseum.org. Trains depart for the hour-long ride every hour and 20 minutes, from 11:20 a.m. to 6 p.m.
As the Polar Express train from Medina Railroad Museum arrives at the North Pole, Santa and his elves line up in front of the clock tower to welcome it.
