The East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
invites you to visit the websites of some
other fine rail museums and Railfan Organizations:

The Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc. (TWERHS), The organization that started the historic operations at East Troy

The Fox River Trolley Museum, in South Elgin, IL, is a picturesque remnant of the AE&FR's Fox River Line

The Illinois Railway Museum, in Union, IL, has a large collection of a wide cross-section of rail history

The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI, has a wonderful collection in a beautiful setting.

The Appleton Trolley Museum and Railway in Appleton, WI, has two ex-TM streetcars and has also received the Friends donation of La Crosse Birney 12 for restoration.

The Minnesota Streetcar Museum  operates a Twin Cities Streetcar similar to Friends' 253, in addition to many other museum activities.

The Mid-Continent Railway Museum of North Freedom, WI, runs steam in the hills outside of Baraboo, WI.

Baraboo, WI is also the location of Circus World Museum.

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum near Pittsburgh

The Northern Ohio Railroad Museum

The Fort Smith Trolley Museum

The Kingston, New York Trolley Museum

The Western Railway Museum

The Mt. Ranier Scenic Railroad

The El Paso Streetcars

Orange Empire Railway Museum

Charlotte Trolley

The Halton County Radial Railway Museum  is the only operational electric museum in Ontario

See Denver from a Breezer- the Denver Rail Heritage Society operates the Platte Valley Trolley.

The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society operates the Oregon Electric Railway Museum and Willamette Shore Trolley

In Vancouver, see the Downtown Historic Railway

In the Cleveland area, visit the Northern Ohio Railroad Museum, another former interurban line coming back to life.

And Down Under, there's the Ballarat Vintage Tramway.  Wonder if they put the positive in the rails and the negative through the wire, there, like reversing the seasons...

Pay them a visit and help support rail heritage preservation.

Also, we encourage you to look into the sites of these other outstanding organizations:

The 20th Century Railroad Club organizes a wide variety of memorable rail-based excursions.  312-829-4500
A membership includes being able to view Amtrak's Chicago coach yard from their "Skybox for Railfans."

Our neighbor, Farmer Dan, makes the best dang apple pies on the planet.  Plus, he and his people entertain thousands of our patrons every season with the activities he has at his wonderful farm market, The Elegant Farmer, which is, of course, right next to our Elegant Farmer Station near Mukwonago.    And even after all that, he's a great guy.   Stop by the store and find out... I guarantee you won't find better pie or nicer people anywhere.

Our friends from the WISE Division, NMRA, Inc. run the spectacular TrainFest event every November at State Fair Park in Milwaukee.  Model layouts of incredible complexity and detail fill two huge buildings.  This is a must-see.
Not only that, these wonderful folks have donated most generously to the Friends of East Troy Railroad Museum and deserve all the support that you can give them.

The Shore Line Historical Society publishes the superb First and Fastest magazine featuring Chicago-area electrics past and present. 

The Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau invites you to visit the Genuine American City.

The New, New, Electric Railway Journal is an internet magazine that is a continuation of the old New Electric Railway Journal.

The Chicago Railfan and Transit Website is a comprehensive look at the regions' transportation primarily featuring, of course, electric rail.

Railway Preservation News, the online magazine of railway preservation, publishes monthly news pieces on items all across the spectrum of rail preservation.

Railway Preservation Resources has a website that keeps tabs on the vintage-type trolleys in the US.

Our neighbors to the southeast, the City of Kenosha, has opened a brand-new streetcar installation using PCC cars similar to the ones we operate.  The nycsubway site has set out a page for them: Kenosha Transit.

The Chicago Tunnel Company Railroad page: electrics without the daylight.

The East Troy Electric Railroad has two PCC streetcars; there's an informative PCC page at http://world.nycsubway.org/us/pcc/index.html. 

Your Site Administrator confesses to being a North Shore Line fan.  www.northshoreline.com is a great site for those of us who still await the sound of Greenliners tearing up the Skokie Valley Route.

A site with TMER&L photos (among many others) is Don's Depot.

Another is in the Dave's Railpix site.

Clara's Crossing has a large list of rail links.

The Electric Lines in Southern Ontario is an informative site with excellent pictures.  Best of all, they have a picture of ex-TMER&L 1136 in its Canadian second life.

Also from north of the border, the Toronto Transportation Society covers modern transit in that lovely city, former home of our TTC PCC 4617.

The Philadelphia Trolley Coalition is working to make modern electrics serve the public.

Another from the City of Brotherly Love, an excellent site, Streetcar Philadelphia has information about our three Philly units.

TrainWeb is a large informational site filled with interesting, practical connections.

A nice page of links is at http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6652/links.html

Routes International is a large transportation-oriented site from British Columbia with many useful features and lots of connections.

A diverse site with lots of rail interest features is the North American Railroad Terminal.

A vital part of the East Troy line's history is the connection with the Soo Line; see the Soo Line Historical Society site.

And there's more Soo at Soo Line Online.

El Paso, Texas has streetcars once again.

The Mad River & NKP Railroad Society Museum has a page.

Railfan & Railroad Magazine

The California Trolley & Railroad Corporation is in the Santa Clara area.

Do you think you should be able to ride a train into Green Bay or Madison?  WisARP does.

If you're interested in interurbans, there's one left: The Chicago, South Shore, & South Bend Railroad.  Their parent agency is the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District.  Then, get there and get an 80-mph ride past the dunes.

And if you really like trolleys, the ultimate one in this country runs from Washington through Philadelphia and New York to Boston.  Amtrak's Northeast Corridor positively hauls- 125 mph.  And, they're kicking it up to 150 in 2000.  The feeling of a great electric like an AEM-7 opening up at 75 is hard to beat.  To see what an electric railroad transportation can really do in America, check Amtrak.

NMRA Directory of World Wide Rail Sites

The East Troy Electric Railroad Museum supports Operation Lifesaver.  Rail safety in the best interests of everyone.

When you visit the East Troy area, be sure to patronize the business members of the East Troy Chamber of Commerce

And at the other end of the line, visit the businesses of the Mukwonago Chamber of Commerce Looking for a place to stay while in the area? Take a look at Getaway Wisconsin for information about Bed & Breakfast inns in the Southern Gateways region of Wisconsin.

Just south of East Troy is beautiful Lake Geneva. The website of the Geneva Lake Area Chamber of Commerce & Lake Geneva Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has many recreational activities.