“We have taken extra time to plan a thoughtful reopening strategy,“ said Ryan Jonas, President of the East Troy Railroad Museum. “It’s crucial that everyone take an active role in maintaining each other’s safety.”
“We will also be selling and scanning tickets electronically,” Jonas said, “so there should be no need for anyone to exchange cash. We have replaced all our bathroom toilets and faucets with ‘touch-less’ equipment and will have hand sanitizers available in convenient locations in the depot and on the station platforms.”
You must purchase tickets ahead of your visit to assure a place on one of our trains, so please go to www.easttroyrr.org/tickets. You will be able to select the date and time you plan to visit, the number of adult, child or senior tickets that you need, purchase the tickets using a major credit card and then print the tickets at home. As an alternative, you may show the bar code from the tickets on your cell phone when you arrive to board one of our trains. Please note that only this weekend’s trains are shown on the ticketing site. We will be adding additional dates in the days ahead.
Dinner Train Update
Dining service will look a bit different this year, as we don’t feel it is safe to operate our dining cars with sealed windows and recirculating air. This does not mean we are canceling, only that our dining services team is brainstorming creative ways to still provide a train ride “coupled” with a great meal. More details will be shared when finalized.
About us:
The East Troy Railroad Museum operates 14-mile round trip train rides from its historic East Troy depot and museum to Indianhead Park in Mukwonago, Wis., with a stop at the popular Elegant Farmer store and deli. We are celebrating 113 years of riding the rails through southeast Wisconsin’s countryside. Our not-for-profit museum is operated, maintained and managed by over 130 volunteers dedicated to engaging visitors in the heritage of electric interurban railways and trolley systems through restoration, preservation and operation of historic equipment.
Please note that they are a 501c(3) organization and can always use donations.
Nice photo. How about that 1950 Studebaker posed for the picture! I recall the interurban between Chicago and Milwaukee. All the way from the Loop to Milwaukee. They used third-rail in Chicago and wire the rest of the way.
Great museum! If you’ve never been there plan a visit.
David, the email from SCRM announcing the May 30 re-opening came out yesterday. Knowing what summers in Perris are like, the heat will likely take care of any virus that didn’t get caught by the disinfectants.
I believe that the Southern California Railroad Museum (formerly the Orange Empire museum) in Perris, CA is re-opening tomorrow (5/30). Hopefully this list of re-openings will get longer and people will come out to support them.
ALL – It’s not just a museum, the trolleys ride the original grade for a number of miles. As recently as maybe 15 years ago a freight car or two was towed (from CNR interchange in Mukwanago) but that’s gone now. A friend of mine was a volunteer motorman (and a great guy in many other endeavors) but unfortunately he died last year.