All Aboard Adventure at Greenfield Village - a mural from their roundhouse showing a train engine with parts labeled.

Greenfield Village Introduces New Train Weekend

Greenfield Village is debuting a new weekend event in 2026 – All Aboard Adventure. This event is a replacement for their traditional Day Out with Thomas Weekends held in May. In March we were disappointed to hear that Thomas the Tank Engine can no longer visit Greenfield Village due to a mechanical issue with the version that can run on their historic tracks.

All Aboard Adventure at Greenfield Village

All Aboard Adventure is a village-wide family-friendly celebration of steam, big machines and classic play.

Join the kids to ride the steam and diesel train to their heart’s content with free rides during the event! The only limit is how long it takes to go back through the line. (Note the train line may close as early to 3:30p to make sure everyone has time to get through the line).

Help maneuver the historic DT&M Roundhouse turntable. My daughter loved getting to do this when she was younger.

Greenfield Village Roundhouse Turntable

You can also push a discovery railcar, or sit in the cab of the 1897 D&LN #7 locomotive. And you can watch a working crane in motion.

The weekend will include special behind-the-scenes access to bring railroading to life in ways rarely seen.

All Aboard Adventure is May 16 & 17:

đźš‚ Saturday, May 16 All Aboard Adventure
đźš‚ Sunday, May 17 All Aboard Adventure

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