East Troy Electric Railroad Substation/Museum 6/13/14

There was a bit of construction on I-43 just past Mukwonago but traffic was ok. We got there at 8:30am. There were 3 of us. It was a nice sunny day so the shadows were very interesting. Coolish and windy. Stong enough to blow over John's stool and easel. I wore my flannel shirt over my cotton shirt, a bandanna around my neck, my trustee raincoat and floppy budwiser hat. My regular glasses darken so I compensate for that when painting. I peek under them every so often to make sure that the values are ok. Unfortunately I can't see well enough to paint without them but at least my vision can be corrected with glasses.

None of the electric trains were out but the nice volunteer pulled one out for us. They start running the cars at 10am on Fridays and 11am on Saturdays during the summer. It appears according to their website http://www.easttroyrr.org/ that with one fare you can ride as long as you like. How cool is that? All the people working there are volunteers. They are looking for people to drive the trains, collect fares, work on the trains. The working trains are in a big shed in East Troy. The ones that need to be refurbished are in another garage/barn near Elegant Farmer, Mukwonago. That's the other end of the railroad.

We were able to paint the stationary train until 10. John managed to finish his water color. I just ended up with an unfinished pastel sketch, but I like it. Terry was smart. She painted the shed interior focusing on one car that they weren't going to be using today along with the toolbox with an oil can on it. She started with the oil can and after he got down using it she had him put it back where he started instead of behind the toolbox. She was using water soluble oils and a french easel.

One of their cars had a plow on the front to plow the tracks when they run the Christmas trains. When we left the railroad museum was open but the ice cream shop was closed. I wonder if it gets crowded here in summer. There was a Quonset shed across from the museum. If you walk a couple of blocks away there was a lot of interesting old houses.