Day 30, Jun 19, Green Bay, WI to Shawano, WI. We slept in this morning (7:30), ate
breakfast and then went to the National Railroad Museum. The National Railroad Museum can use the “national”
designation through an act of Congress, kind of a pork action. The museum is not very large but does have
quite a collection of steam and diesel engines and rolling stock. There are a number of very old passenger and
freight cars (like wooden box cars). The
museum does not receive government funding and appears to suffer from lack of
funds. A lot of the collection needs
significant work. Still it was a very good morning for Arba and Wilma. I think Dave also enjoyed the visit although
he grumbled a lot. We rode the excursion
train around the grounds and got to ride in the ALCO S2 engine. Back on the trail, we headed through Green
Bay and linked up to the Mountain to Bay Recreational Trail (a rail-to-trail)
in the town of Howard. The MBRT is a
lightly used trail. The Howard County
portion was well maintained but as we went west the trail became a little muddy
from recent rains. It was a nice ride
and without auto traffic. The day was
very hot and humid and by 4pm we had all we wanted. We stopped in the town of Shawano and found a
cheap hotel, the Settle Inn. Highlight
of the day was the Railroad Museum.
Total mileage was 42.42.
Cool trains!
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