TRAIN TOUR: 2014 Old Allegheny Victorian Christmas House Tour

Fri. Dec 12, 2014 6:30pm - 11:00pm EST
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Experience a By-Gone Era


Friday tickets are sold out, and Saturday tickets are only available for the times listed.   


You may purchase Train Tour tickets at the door at 719 Brighton Rd. ($12) without purchasing Christmas Tour tickets.  The trains are open from:



  • Friday (6:30 pm - 11:00 pm)  - tickets

  • Saturday (11:30 am - 9:00 pm) - tickets


Train tickets may be used any day/time the train museum is open, regardless of the time slot they were purchased.


We will be accepting walkins, on Saturday, for the day of the tour, but you will be asked to wait until there is a tour with an opening.  If you are planning on paying at the door, please plan to attend after 4:00pm on Saturday.     


To purchase regular tour tickets ($30), please select a day in the Reserve Tickets box in the upper right corner above.  To see how many tickets are available for a particular time choose a date/time and then click Find Tickets.  On the next screen, click on the arrows next to the time, and a drop down menu will tell you how many tickets are still available for that time.


All tours are guided and leave every 12 minutes from Calvary Church.  You must purchase tickets for a specific time slot on either Friday or Saturday.


Looking for Brunch, Lunch and Dinner tours (which include the Christmas Tour and a meal)?  


 All Brunch, Lunch and Dinner tours are sold out for 2014.


You may also purchase Train Tour tickets ($12) without purchasing Christmas Tour tickets.  The trains are open from:



  • Friday (6:30 pm - 11:00 pm)  - tickets

  • Saturday (11:30 am - 9:00 pm) - tickets


Train tickets may be used any day/time the train museum is open, regardless of the time slot they were purchased.


To purchase tickets by phone please call:  1-888-71-TICKETS (1-888-718-4253)


More information can be found at our FAQ.


Our tour features restored Victorian homes plus the historic Calvary United Methodist Church, famous for its beautiful Louis Tiffany stained glass windows, all decorated to celebrate a Nineteenth Century Christmas.


These personally guided tours afford a rare opportunity to glimpse a by-gone era and experience the warmth of the season in a truly old-fashioned style. Most homes in Allegheny West are over 100 years old and Victorian in architectural style. Lavishly decorated for the holidays, they recall the late 19th Century birth of the traditional American Christmas: elaborately decorated mantels, towering Christmas trees and pine, holly and mistletoe on stairs and chandeliers.


Tour guides will explain Victorian holiday traditions, provide the history of Allegheny West and its famous Nineteenth Century residents and discuss the individual homes as they are visited.


This unique tour is part of Rick Sebak’s Emmy Award® winning documentary, Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh, showcasing the finest holiday celebrations in Western Pennsylvania and is featured in the best selling international travel guide “1000 Places to See in the U.S and Canada Before You Die.”

At the end of your tour, you can visit one of the world’s largest toy train museums – a private collection of hundreds of colorful train sets from the early 20th century; many of them rolling through enchanting miniature villages. There is an additional charge for the train museum. Returning this year, we have the DVD – Tinplate Legends in Action 3, a virtual tour of the train museum – available for purchase.

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Calvary United Methodist Church 971 Beech Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
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