2017 Pumpkin Trains
Greg Elems & Paul Finnegan

Page last updated:  Thu Apr 21 19:21:11 PDT 2022


Museum Entrance. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Pumpkins Ready for the Patch. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Inside the Museum. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Setting up the Food Sales. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Almost Ready. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Food Table Ready. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Volunteer Fire Department Setting up the Cotton Candy Maker. - Photo by Greg Elems


Cotton Candy for Sale. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Loren Ross Moving the Pumpkins to the Patch. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Eugene Vicknair Driving Back from the Pumpkin Patch before the Board Meeting. - Photo by Greg Elems


KC Dunn and Ethan Doty Heading Out to the Pumpkin Patch. - Photo by Greg Elems


Skeleton in a Box. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Ghosts and Ghouls were Everywhere! - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Unhappy Pumpkins in the Baggage Cart. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Even the Fire Truck was Haunted. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Ghoul by the Museum Store. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


KC Dunn is Ready to Serve Visitors in the Museum Store. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


The Face Painting was Very Popular With the Young Ones. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Haunted Railcar. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


This Way to the Haunted Railcar. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Ready for An Autopsy? - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Your Table Will be Ready in a Minute. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Autopsy Anyone? - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Inside the Haunted Railcar. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Open Bar. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Waiting Just for You. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Waiting to Serve You. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


The Pumpkin Patch Waiting for the First Trainload Of Pumpkin Hunters. - Photo by Greg Elems


Pumpkin Patch is Ready. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Witch in the Pumpkin Patch. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


WP 707 at Milward Switch With the First Trainload Of Pumpkin Hunters. - Photo by Greg Elems


Unloading the First Trains Passengers for the Pumpkin Hunt. - Photo by Greg Elems


Bil Jackson Standing in the Doorway Of the Baggage Car Waiting to Help the Passengers Load Their Pumpkins Up. - Photo by Greg Elems


Engineer Matthew Elems in the Cab Of WP 707 Waiting to Return to the Loading Platform With a Load Of Happy Passengers and Their Pumpkins. - Photo by Greg Elems


Loren Ross Protecting the Shove Back from the Pumpkin Patch. - Photo by Greg Elems


Fred Elenbaas Waiting for the First Loading for the First Night Run Of the Pumpkin Express. - Photo by Greg Elems


SP 2873 Sitting Out at the Pumpkin Patch Waiting for a Load Of Passengers to Pick Out Their Pumpkins. - Photo by Greg Elems


Bil Jackson in the Baggage Car Waving to the Photographer and Curious Riders Checking Out Who Hes Talking Too. - Photo by Greg Elems


Caboose Riders. - Photo by Greg Elems


Portola's Volunteer Fire Departments Haunted Passenger Car was Popular After Dark. - Photo by Greg Elems


WP 805 a Lit up by the Backup Light on the MP Caboose Heading Back to the Loading Platform. - Photo by Greg Elems


Pumpkin Patch at Night. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Ali Barbato and Ethan Doty Manning the Pumpkin Sale Table. - Photo by Paul Finnegan


Pumpkin Patch Second Weekend


This was after the first run to the Pumpkin Patch on the second Saturday, people waiting to board the train for their ride to the Pumpkin patch. - Photo by Greg Elems


Steve Habeck on the SN caboose waiting for the new passengers to start boarding. - Photo by Greg Elems


The weather pretty much cooperated, but we had some clouds to cool things down for the second run. - Photo by Greg Elems


The pumpkin patch with an early crowd searching for the perfect pumpkin. - Photo by Greg Elems


Bart Hansen at the pumpkin patch in costume. - Photo by Greg Elems


Ali Doty at the pumpkin patch keeping things in order and ready to weigh the pumpkins. - Photo by Greg Elems


Another train load of pumpkin hunters. - Photo by Greg Elems


Our night train waiting for the passengers to start loading up for the first run out to the pumpkin patch - Photo by Greg Elems


One of the Portola Fire department volunteers who helped make a few of the night runs a bit more scary. - Photo by Greg Elems


The baggage car was a popular place to ride and watch for ghosts on the night run. - Photo by Greg Elems


Charlie Spikes waiting to help load the pumpkins into the baggage car. - Photo by Greg Elems


The baggage car was a popular place to ride and watch for ghosts on the night runs. - Photo by Greg Elems


The Las Plumas 4H sold chili, hotdogs, corn bread and other baked goodies, seen here getting ready for Saturday's night run. - Photo by Greg Elems


WP 805 lit by the caboose of the night express on the last run back to the loading platform from the pumpkin patch. - Photo by Greg Elems


Sunday's first load of passengers selecting their pumpkins. - Photo by Greg Elems


More pumpkin hunters finding that perfect pumpkin. - Photo by Greg Elems