Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train
Hours change by month and the posted table is partly marked TBD; no dates for this year are given.
Non-profit anthracite coal mine in Ashland, Pennsylvania, open since 1962: a 35 to 40 minute mine-car tour into the mountain, plus a 30 minute narrow-gauge steam train ride.
Ways to visit
Anthracite mine tour Seasonal
The hours table on the rates page is a seasonal grid with TBD cells.
- What you see
- Inside tourpioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- How
- Walk in · about 40 minutespioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- When
- Seasonal; hours vary by month and the page shows 10:00 to 3:00 in some columns. Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before the tour time; call 570-875-3850 for limitations.Season: (Hours vary by month; the page lists a June 3 through Labor Day column and others. No exact dates for this year are given.)Calendar ↗pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Booking
- Not required · same day possible · by phoneTours are first come, first served; group reservations are by phone.pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Cost
- Not stated on the official pageRates are shown as an image on the rates page and are not stated here.pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Requirements
- None stated.
Steam train ride (Lokie) Seasonal
Same seasonal grid as the mine tour; the page does not separate the two.
- What you see
- Inside tourpioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- How
- Walk in · about 30 minutespioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- When
- Seasonal; see the rates and hours page. Arrive 15 to 20 minutes early.Season: (Hours vary by month; no exact dates for this year are given.)Calendar ↗pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Booking
- Not required · same day possible · by phoneTours are first come, first served.pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Cost
- Not stated on the official pageRates are shown as an image and are not stated here.pioneertunnel.com, 2026-10-26
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
Pioneer Tunnel is a horizontal drift mine run by a non-profit. Visitors ride 1,800 feet into the mountain in an open mine car, then walk with a guide at about 400 feet down. A separate steam locomotive ride runs about three-quarters of a mile around the mountain past the Mammoth Stripping. Both are first come, first served and seasonal; the prices on the rates page are in an image on the rates page and not stated here.
Owner: Ashland Community Enterprises.
Getting there
1900 Oak Street, Ashland, PA, 17921
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (40.77852, -76.35123). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Office: 570-875-3850 · info@pioneertunnel.com
Last checked 2026-10-26. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- pioneertunnel.com · official page · read 2026-10-26For: name; street address; who runs it; phone and email
- geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/locations/onelineadd… · US Census Bureau geocoder · read 2026-10-26For: location
- pioneertunnel.com/admission-hours · official page · read 2026-10-26For: Anthracite mine tour: open or closed; Anthracite mine tour: days and hours; Anthracite mine tour: cost; Steam train ride (Lokie): open or closed; Steam train ride (Lokie): days and hours; Steam train ride (Lokie): cost
- pioneertunnel.com/attractions-1 · official page · read 2026-10-26For: Anthracite mine tour: what you see; Anthracite mine tour: kind of visit; Anthracite mine tour: booking; Anthracite mine tour: requirements
- pioneertunnel.com/steam-train-tour · official page · read 2026-10-26For: Steam train ride (Lokie): what you see; Steam train ride (Lokie): kind of visit; Steam train ride (Lokie): booking; Steam train ride (Lokie): requirements
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