The National Park Service
(NPS) and the East Troy Railroad Museum, in East Troy, Wis., are jointly
announcing the full restoration of historic South Shore Railroad Car No. 33,
which was officially introduced to the museum’s rolling stock on Saturday,
during the museum’s annual Chicago Day event.
Car No. 33 is one of 19
historic South Shore railroad cars conveyed to NPS in 1984 after being
decommissioned by the Chicago, South Shore, & South Bend Railroad. Since
1984 NPS has been working with numerous organizations in an effort to
preserve the historic cars, and in 2010 finally succeeded in securing their
preservation by transferring them to seven railroad museums which specialize
in telling the stories of this nation’s transportation history.
The East Troy Railroad
Museum was chosen to be the recipient of eight of the 19 historic cars,
because its large contingent of dedicated volunteers demonstrated the
ability to preserve, maintain, and operate the cars.
Six restored historic
South Shore railroad cars were in operation during Saturday’s Chicago Day
event, which featured the first joint Interpretative program hosted by both
the museum and NPS.
The East Troy Electric
Railroad operates on 7.5 miles of electric rail line in continuous operation
for over 100 years.
The museum has been in
operation since 1972 and is the only museum in the country that regularly
operates historic South Shore railroad cars on an electric interurban line.
The operating season
extends from May through October with special holiday events in December. To
learn more about the museum visit easttroyrr.org
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Posted 7/18/2016
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