4th of July at the Train Museum
Our family took a little trip to Union IL to see and ride restored antique trains and street cars.
(this is an annual event for us)
We had a lot of fun, got lots of pictures (lots and lots of pictures!) and a little sunburn as well~
so without further ado ( and little words), here’s our version of the vacation slide show….
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~Oh, and we’d like to thank our son Chris for his Military discount! ~
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(love that place!)
Here’s a link for more info about the Museum:
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| built 1948 ~ Chicago Transit Authority 4391 ~ aka “crowd swallower… people load in the back doors while people unload out the front… |
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| Inside 4391~ very nice, I say we bring these back to the cities! |
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| Hey Look! It’s the trolley from Mr. Rogers! |
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| Electric street car’s power source… the conductor has to manually hang out the window and position this on the wire using the white rope ~ every time they change direction |
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| Delaware Lackawanna & Western 567~ 1914 coach |
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| hallway of tiny sleeping berths~ very tight! |
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| one of the more luxurious booths |
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| Can you imagine traveling crosscountry in this little booth? that chair opens up to a bed and that little purple seat is your toilet! |
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| Happy diners of the era~ picture was taken in a similar dining car as below |
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| dining car |
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| view into a restored 1800’s dining car |
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| early 1900’s electric street car |
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| conductor’s station- when the car changes direction, so does the conductor |
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| early advertising |
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| O scale model railroad |
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| This is cool! did I mention we also like model trains? |
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| plenty of old railroad station signs everywhere |
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| Yard engine moving an interurban |
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| Lots and lots of train depot art (they just don’t put the detail into the buildings like they used to! |
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Lil's Garden Tour 