INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: National Park Service rangers and volunteers from Indiana Dunes National Park will co-host "Chicago Day" at the East Troy (Wisconsin) Railroad Museum on July 15th. Learn about the story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, which has stopped at stations along the Indiana Dunes for 115 years. Ride on restored South Shore train cars, several of which were donated to the museum by the National Park Service in 2010. Younger visitors can earn a Junior Ranger award and East Troy Electric Railroad pin during the event.
Several South Shore Cars will be in operation, with trains departing from the Museum hourly from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Electric interurban trains were a very common way to travel between cities before the automobile became affordable and roads were improved. Tickets are $15 for adults, $9.50 for children and $12.50 for seniors. Active-duty military members and veterans in uniform will receive free tickets during the event.
The East Troy Electric Railroad operates on 7.5 miles of track that has been in continuous operation for over 115 years. The tourist railroad 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 East Troy Railroad Museum is located at 2002 Church Street in East Troy, Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.easttroyrr.org or call 262-642-3263.
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Indiana Dunes National Park is one of 424 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Over 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
East Troy Railroad Museum is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit railroad museum operated and managed by 130 volunteers committed to the operation and preservation of historic trolleys and interurban railcars.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service