The Great Pumpkin Train — National Railroad Museum

The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, runs The Great Pumpkin Train as a two-day, family-friendly celebration of the fall season. The operator describes each admission as including a train ride to the museum's pumpkin patch, where every visitor can pick a pumpkin to take home.

The ticket also covers indoor stage entertainment and balloons, crafts such as a spooky name badge, Venus flytrap puppets and pipe cleaner spiders, a coloring contest, trick-or-treating throughout the museum grounds, games for children of all ages, a "Not-So-Scary Haunted House", a chance to operate the museum's vintage handcar and a daily costume parade. Food and drink are on sale, and the operator says proceeds support the museum's programs and operations.

Visitors choose the date, train car and ride time when they book. The operator offers two enclosed cars: a single-level coach with bus-style seating that is ADA accessible, and a double-level coach, also with bus-style seating, that is not. The ticket buys a ride at the selected time, but guests may take part in the other activities at any point in the day, and the museum's historic trains and exhibits can be explored as well.

A train ride to the pumpkin patch at the time you choose, where you pick a pumpkin to take home, then a day of activities on the museum grounds: stage entertainment, crafts, a coloring contest, trick-or-treating, games, a not-so-scary haunted house, a vintage handcar and costume parades. Food and drink are available to buy.

Held at the National Railroad Museum, 2285 South Broadway, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Everyone over the age of 2 needs a ticket; children under 2 do not. The event takes place rain or shine. The ticket gets you a ride at the time you select, and you may join the other activities at any time that day. The single-level Josephine Coach is ADA accessible; the double-level coach is not. Food is catered and a coffee or hot chocolate stand operates on the platform. Contact: events coordinator, (920) 437-7623.