This South Jersey fall excursion adds a scenic train ride to the pumpkin-picking experience.
Woodstown Central Railroad’s Pumpkin Patch Flyer will carry passengers through the woods and farmland of Salem County on eight October dates before stopping at Fenwick Grove, where riders can get off the train, choose a pumpkin and spend about 45 minutes exploring the grove. Historic steam locomotive No. 9 is scheduled to power the excursion when available.
Each excursion lasts about 1 hour and 45 minutes and covers roughly 18 miles round trip. The train travels about nine miles from South Woodstown Station to Fenwick Grove, then makes the same scenic trip back after the stop…