THE GREAT PUMPKIN EXPRESS
It’s the GREAT PUMPKIN, Charlie Brown! Join us on the train this Halloween season! The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad presents “The Great Pumpkin Express,” a train ride for the whole family that seeks to find that eternally elusive Great Pumpkin! The train will visit the punkin’ patch where kids get a trick-or-treat bag and hear a special reading of Schulz’s “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” Trick or treating, a costume contest and more at the depot and in Old Abilene Town! Trains leave Abilene’s historic Rock Island Depot at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the following days:
Saturday, October 14
Sunday, October 15
Saturday, October 21
Sunday, October 22
Saturday October 28
Sunday, October 29
THE COWTOWN SANTA EXPRESS
We don’t go to the North Pole, but we can still give your family a magical holiday experience! Ride the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad’s “Cowtown Santa Express” this holiday season! Our train will be decked in holiday lights on the outside, and on the inside, our vintage heated passenger coaches will be filled with the holiday spirit, as Santa makes his 2023 debut, while you enjoy Christmas cookies and hot chocolate as we glide through the Smoky Hill River Valley! Make this a Christmas that kids of all ages will always remember! Trains leave for Enterprise from Abilene’s historic Rock Island Depot at 5:00 and 7:15 p.m. on the following days:
Wednesday, November 22
Friday, November 24
Saturday, November 25
Sunday, November 26
Friday, December 1
Saturday, December 2
Sunday, December 3
Friday, December 8
Saturday, December 9
Sunday, December 10
Friday, December 15
Saturday, December 16
Sunday, December 17
Friday, December 22
Saturday, December 23