Holiday EGGspress: An Egg Hunt by Train at Pullen Park
Spot eggs, ride the rails, and see if you’ve got the sharpest eyes on the tracks.
Shannon
April 09, 2025
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Some bunny’s been busy at Pullen Park—eggs are popping up all around the train track, and your job (should you choose to accept it) is to spot ‘em all while enjoying a scenic choo-choo ride. Just $2 a ticket gets you on board, egg-citing fun included. Ride runs daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. through April. See you there!
This isn’t sponsored (we’d tell you if it was). We just go off the rails for egg hunts on trains. (Just so you know: Sponsored content in our newsletter is always marked with “*”).
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