50th Birthday Celebration – GA

If you purchase an excursion ticket to ride the train departing from PALESTINE at 11:00am and returning at 3:00pm your ticket includes all activities at the PALESTINE DEPOT following your ride.  There will not be a separate ticket needed to enter the corn hole tournament or attend the concert or other activities.   You will be responsible for any food, beverage or vendor purchases.    

Yes!  We will be offering a General Admission (GA) ticket for all attractions and events apart from the train excursion. GA gates open at 3:00pm    

Pets are prohibited on all train excursions and festival grounds. Service Animals, as defined under Titles II and III of the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), are permitted on all train excursions, in all train coaches, and on depot grounds.

Emotional Support Animals (ESAs), comfort animals, therapy animals, and companion animals are not recognized as Service Animals under the ADA and are not permitted on train excursions or on depot grounds.

All Service Animals must remain under the control of their handler at all times and must be housebroken and well-behaved while on railroad property.

Yes!  Lawn chairs and blankets are permitted for the festival. 

No! Coolers, ice chests, personal cups, or outside food and beverages of any kind—including non-alcoholic beverages, bottled water, and alcoholic beverages—will not be permitted at the festival on the Palestine depot property. A variety of food trucks, and a beer garden will be available throughout the festival.

During the train excursion, our concession car will be open and will offer snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages for purchase throughout the journey.

These rules will be strictly enforced. Guests who violate this policy may be asked to leave the property without a refund.

General Admission gates open at 3:00pm CST.  There will be vintage steam locomotives and equipment set out for an up close and personal viewing and photos.   We will have a 9-hole mini golf course, games, face painting, an inflatable maze, food vendors, local vendors and a cash prize corn hole tournament.   In addition, there will be a beer garden and a great live music bill!   79 South, Joint Custody, and Jordan Nix will be supporting Anderson County’s own Kolby Cooper!!!    

The only requirement for entry into the corn hole tournament is that you either purchase a train ticket for the excursion or a general admission ticket for the celebration that begins after the return of the train at 3:00pm.  

Texas State Railroad 50^th Birthday Train Ride tickets are refundable with 14 (Fourteen) day notice however a $15 cancellation fee per ticket will be charged. Cancellation and refund requests made within 14 (Fourteen) days of the departure date will NOT be refunded.  This includes tickets purchased within 14 (Fourteen) days of the event.  

No. GA tickets are not refunded. 

No.  Parking is free

Most vendors will accept credit card transactions; however, you may want to bring cash in the event credit or debit cards aren’t accepted.  

THERE IS NO ATM ONSITE.