Back in the 1990s, Pentrax Publishing’s Paul Hammond and I focused on the East Troy Electric for an article in Locomotive & Railway Preservation magazine. At the time I was the Editor of Pacific RailNews, and he of L&RP.
We worked with the railway to produce some unusual and compelling photographs, including a high-impact view of one of their electric locomotives in motion that was used as the cover of the magazine.
For that effort, California-based railway photographic legend Richard Steinheimer paid me a personal compliment.
Three weeks ago, John Gruber, TRAINS Brian Schmidt and I spent a sunny afternoon re-exploring the East Troy Electric.
It was the first time I’d made digital images of this colorful Wisconsin preserved railway. I’ve included a selection below.
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Thanks to East Troy Electric’s Tom Fleming for his hospitality.
See: http://www.easttroyrr.org
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Looks like a good place to escape to when visiting Chicago! Delightful pictures.
Great combination of pictures. So nice to see the trainmen, too–they’re too often overlooked, given our interest in the equipment.
My wife Sue and I visited this operation a couple of years ago – something I had always wanted to do with it being a preserved interurban line. It was a very enjoyable experience – we enjoyed not just the operation and its staff but also the East Troy area.
The operation also has a very large part of its collection under cover – allowing the equipment to age far more gracefully than being exposed to the elements. We’re looking forward to a return visit.