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Ride Historic South Shore Railroad Cars at East Troy Railroad Museum
July 10, 2024 · Source: National Park Service
INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join rangers from the National Park Service and volunteers from Indiana Dunes National Park on July 13th for the annual Chicago Day program at East Troy Railroad Museum in Wisconsin and learn about the story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and it’s part in the Indiana Dunes. The East Troy Railroad Museum owns nine South Shore cars, with six of them in regular service, and a seventh being restored now. Visitors will have the chance to ride on the restored South Shore 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 after completing a Junior Ranger program during the event.
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