(from a press release)

Have you been on the Strasburg Rail Road Shop Tour before?

Have you thought about taking the Shop Tour but put it off for another day?

On November 16 & 17, 2013, Strasburg Rail Road is offering a unique opportunity to see our Shop in action. For two days only, we will be operating the following equipment, Prototrak CNC Milling Machine, Niles Wheel Lathe, Whitcomb Planer, Niles Horizontal Wheel Press and the Ring of Fire. And you can watch. Operators will be available at each machine to describe the process and answer questions of how each machine is utilized at the Rail Road. Join us for this exclusive showing.

Hours 12:01 PM to 3:30 PM.

Cost $20.00. Tickets available at the station or on line.

The shop tour was great when nothing was running it ought to be cooler with machines running. Its to bad its happening when I'm getting ready to move I hope you guys do it again it would be cool to see.

Just curious, when did they start doing these tours?
I was stationed in Maryland in the late 90s in the Army and I used to go to Strasburg when I could. I always paid to ride but I never was aware of any shop tours. If they were doing them then, nobody ever mentioned them or had them noted on any written info for me to have ever known about them...

The regular shop tour was already awesome, this sounds even better.

If anyone's on the sitting on the fence, get off your butt and go!

Nice to see the Shameless Commerce Division of the Strasburg Rail Road is in full swing. Seriously, this is also a good educational opportunity.

It should be part of any tourist railroad with a shop facility of its own, though keeping visitors out of less dangerous areas is critical. Strasburg is like Grandma's kitchen. Always something wonderful cooking.