After a great season in 2022 and a busy off-season getting ready, we have now officially begun our 2023 operating season! For our opening day, we ran North Shore car 715 and Chicago Transit Authority car 4451. In addition, we had Chicago Transit Authority cars 40 and 43 and Illinois Central caboose 9648 on static display.

For a little more added excitement, the car department has also been hard at work on Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin car 458 and was performing test runs on the line while we were carrying passengers on 4451 and 715.

After several months of the off-season, we saw many smiling faces today, ready to see railroad history brought to life.

Jan poses with North Shore 715

Car 4451 being prepared for service

Chicago Transit Authority cars 40 and 43 being prepared for display

Passengers disembarking from Chicago Transit Authority 4451 after a trip down to Blackhawk

Passengers are all smiles on North Shore 715

Passengers boarding North Shore car 715

Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin car 458 is taken out of the barn for testing

Changing ends on car 458

Sneak peak of the restored interior of 458