Nickel Plate Express Offers Train Rides & Superheroes

Join your favorite superhero for a special train ride on Sept. 10-11. Superhero Express will take over Nickel Plate Express (NPX) for one weekend only, for a one-of-a-kind train ride your kids won’t soon forget.

Start the day off with a special superhero training. Learn new moves from Spiderman, Batman and Catwoman. Upon completion of superhero training, each young superhero will receive their own cape.

After superhero training hop aboard the NPX to practice the new moves during the 65-minute family train ride. Passengers will enjoy superhero juice and cake pops while riding on the historic 1950s train.

Passengers will board the NPX unique, tall railcars from the beautifully restored Hobbs Station platform located inside Forest Park in Noblesville.

Tickets for the Superhero Express start at $34 per person. The Superhero Express will run Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

For information about the variety of NPX excursions – from the Superhero Express to special dining experiences and holiday-themed rides in 2022 – visit: nickelplateexpress.com.

The City of Noblesville and Noblesville Parks Department are going all out to ensure your experience at Forest Park is the best it can be. Through its fun, exciting and educational rail excursions, Nickel Plate Express is pleased to be a partner in that creating that exciting experience.

Nickel Plate Express is a program of the Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad, a charitable nonprofit that operates the historic Arcadia Depot and offers entertainment and educational excursions on historic train equipment out of Forest Park, Noblesville. The 12.5 miles of Nickel Plate track is owned by the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority and runs from Noblesville through Cicero and Arcadia to Atlanta, Ind., in northern Hamilton County.