EDIT: Please see my re-post of 9/14, as the links in this post may not work without Google Photo.
Photos taken on a NRHS charter on 8/25. Some poster were interested in convention coverage. Photo files apparently too large for Forum photos so I had to link them.
First photo is a North Shore “Silverliner” (Standard Steel Car Co) complete with faux-fluting paint job. The car behind is TMER&L (St. Louis Car Co). Photo taken at the carbarns near the Elegant Farmer station platform, which is toward the Mukwonago end of the line:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPvRIPZuKB51zBa8EV40u3Q__ybzAm5AsL8itmJ
Second photo is in a Chicago el (Cincinnati Car Co). Thru the front door you can see the Silverliner we are following
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPN4XBQD-Qp-rDfGEw913ErRfYhnwt-DzyY4-t0
Third photo is a 1930s Studebaker in front of the soda fountain across the tracks from the East Troy RR Museum station,which was originally a trolley power substation.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOS_Tskf7tdPEtzOPPTV9XhZed3tq8OkAb0nI2A
Something’s wrong Mike, I’ve tried all three links and gotten “404” errors on all of them.
Must have a Google Account to log in!
Yeah, a Google account for photographs! Nope, I’m drawing the line there, I’ve already done one for YouTube, that’s enough.
This a re-posting of my first post, this time using Imgur.
First photo is a North Shore “Silverliner” (Standard Steel Car Co) complete with faux-fluting paint job. The car behind is TMER&L (St. Louis Car Co). Photo taken at the carbarns near the Elegant Farmer station platform, which is toward the Mukwonago end of the line:
Second photo is in a Chicago el (Cincinnati Car Co). Thru the front door you can see the Silverliner we are following
Third photo is a 1930s Studebaker in front of the soda fountain across the tracks from the East Troy RR Museum station,which was originally a trolley power substation.
Nice shots! thanks for posting them!
Thanks for letting me know that the first photos weren’t working.
Nice shots!
Does East Troy still have any freight traffic?
They said no, but it seems like it wasn’t that many years ago that they last handled freight.
Pullman built a couple of diners for the CSS&SB in 1927. Durbin in his book Some Classic Trains said they were the heavest nonmotor interurban cars, and rode on 6-wheel trucks. The had a full kitchen and served 24 in four rows of 4-2 seating. When I saw that the NRHS trip included an option for dinner on a South Shore diner, I jumped at the chance. Alas, it turns out that the diners on East Troy were former South Shore coaches that had been extensivly rebuilt with dining tables. No kitchen, just a small cubby to handle the catered meals. The food was good.
Above, here are former South Shore coaches turned diners #24 and 25 coming from the East Troy car barn toward the station. Chicago el on adjacent track.
Below is the interior looking toward the bar at the far end. The car seated about 50, also in 4-2 seating. I wonder what happened to the original diners?
That Studebaker is a hearse. A very, very rare car. So, is the East Troy an operating museum now?
The Stud’s a hearse? I thought there was something a little odd about it, I thought it might be a limo, but I’ve never heard of a Studebaker limo.
“Do you ever think when a hearse goes by, that you might be the next to die?”
Sorry, couldn’t resist! [:-^]
I’ve never heard of Studebaker hearses either, it must be a rare car!
Many car companies, not just Cadillac made hearses or other “professional cars” as they are called. Look closely at the side-opening door on the rear and the large middle door. Its a hearse all right. I once saw a 38 LaSalle hearse. I don’t recall if it ran great or not. By the way, Henry Ford had his last ride in a Packard hearse in 1947.
There was a sign by the car, away from the camera, that advertized the hearst for rent. I presume it was for parties. It seems they would need a special license to operate as a hearst.
I visited East Troy about 30 years ago and they were operating trolley rides then. I presume they have been operating all along since then.
Seems like just the thing for Halloween parties or Goth weddings!
Here is a little gem kept in the East Troy carbarn. It’s actually a 1975 reproduction. Brass parts were cast from parts off an open streetcar. It also uses the truck and controller from a Belgum streetcar.
To keep the line functioning they use a work car built by TMER&L in 1907.
Walter Zulig’s Convention Report:
NRHS 2021 Convention in Milwaukee
An Official Trip Report
©2021—Walter E. Zullig Jr.
Good evening and welcome aboard Amtrak #49 enroute from Croton-Harmon to Chicago. Once there I’ll board a Hiawatha Service train to Milwaukee to participate in the NRHS Convention. This is the first one we’ve had since 2019 in Salt Lake City and the last in-person meeting since November 2019 in Dallas. I’m on the Convention Committee so will be busy the entire time.
# Departure from CRT was on time at 4:26 pm. The train came in at 4:23 and the door to my sleeper stopped right where I had been standing. There I was greeted by a cheerful female conductor and male car attendant. The attendant got me settled in the room and said there was no need to have my ticket scanned as “she already knows you’re on board.” The ride up Metro-North was uneventful except for a 5-minute delay outside Poughkeepsie waiting for an open station track. We moved after another Amtrak train pulled past us.
Dave, thanks for adding your friend’s coverage to the NRHS convention.
