Young Guns in Preservation: Christopher Schmidt

Young Guns in Preservation: Christopher Schmidt

As one of the young guns in preservation, the young volunteer base at East Troy Railroad Museum made a lasting impression on Christopher Schmidt. Christopher Schmidt photo Wisconsin’s East Troy Railroad Museum garners an impressive volunteer base. Many are young individuals with a keen interest in preserving and operating the 7-mile, electric interurban line, along with its collection of trolleys and streetcars. Those volunteers made a lasting i…

Local railroad historian angered by Elgin County Railway Museum

David Harding went off like a steam whistle on March 26 in an emotional confrontation with Elgin County Railway Museum managers over the “mistaken” disposal of a railroad artifact that Mr. Harding loaned the museum some 40 years ago.