WK&S Railroad

We love this railroad. Very family oriented. Economical by RR standards – you pay one price and can ride all the runs that day. Their steam engine is not running right now, but my kids don’t care. Their snack bar and store are reasonable.

I have been going there for 25+ years and it is truly a great ride everytime.
They currently do not have a working steam engine but they have three working diesel-​electric engines that make for a very interesting group of motive power.
Round trip ride is about six miles and takes about 40 minutes.
It leaves Kempton and goes just past the station in Wanamaker. The train then goes to Wanamaker where the engine runs around to the other side of the train to pull it back to Kempton. You can get off and take pictures or go inside the station at Wanamaker when it’s open.
The ride particularly in the fall is very scenic and they do have multiple events that run over the course of their seasons which runs one weekend usually in April for Easter, weekends from May-​Nov and one weekend in December.
The whole operation is run by the most dedicated group of volunteers anywhere and the prices are far better the Strasburg, New Hope, or any of the other tourist railroads in PA.

The WK&S Railroad, also known as the Hawk Mountain Line is located in Kempton PA, about 25 miles west of Allentown, pa. Runs from Kempton Station to nearby Wanamaker Station, a 3 mile run that takes about 15 minutes. You can get off at the norther station and take pictures, walk around, things like that. There’s a concession stand that has cheap food, and a gift shop that has rail related items, film, batteries, etc. 8.00 for adults, 4.00 for children, it is an all volunteer organization that only runs on he weekends, with both steam & diesel locomotives. no AAA discounts, but they do have a waiting room that has a brochure for wk&s r.r. that has a «save .50 cents per ticket» coupon.