Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Grant Wallace

The train ride we took was the missionary ridge local, for the ride being short on mileage it gave a lot of history and the turntable demonstration and back shop tours were nice. I’m very great full I was able to get photos of the 630 and 4501. My only wish of improvement would be the website, no where was I able so see what days the steam motive power operated on, I understand there might be a last minute change but this would be nice to know. (The 4501/630 seem to operate on the weekends only.) Otherwise this was a nice experience with the ride, museum, and exhibits.

Gaye Henley

This was the most wonderful day! The conductors were all very attentive to what was going on and wanted to make sure we were all having fun and were safe. The whole day was just wonderful. Five hours seems to be a long time but it was so scenic and entertaining. We got a history lesson along the way! Conductors were great and one gave us a banjo concert!

Scott Fine

My wife and I took the New Year's Eve train ride as part of our honeymoon. We dressed up, as did most who were in the train. We enjoyed the ride, the food, and the service. The servers and conductor were very nice and informative of the train cars and their history. Dinner consisted of rolls, tomato bisque soup, an entree, and a dessert. I ordered baked salmon with a roasted red pepper sauce and my wife had the roast beef. The sides were mashed potatoes and green beans. Both entrees were good, but we preferred the salmon to the roast beef. For dessert, I had apple pie and my wife had triple chocolate cake (the other option was cheesecake with strawberries). The wife liked the apple pie so much she requested apple pie instead of the chocolate cake. Our server was very kind bringing out the extra dessert with no issue. The ride itself lasted about two and a half hours. The station had their own light display and there were several places through town that still had Christmas lights. We both enjoyed the experience and have expressed interest in doing a train ride again in the future. We would recommend it.

Courtney J

We absolutely loved the polar express train ride!! This is great for smaller kids (maybe 9 and under). We boarded at our set time, they punched our tickets just like in the movie polar express (thought it was a cute touch), the staff was friendly, we had hot chocolate, they gave out cookies, they played Christmas song, and took us to the North Pole where the kids got to see and wave to Santa and Mrs. Claus. It was the perfect holiday activity. I enjoyed myself and my kids loved it.