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Date: 2005-10
Get your pumpkin from the pumpkin patch
GET YOUR PUMPKIN
FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH
AT THE FOX RIVER TROLLEY MUSEUM
The Pumpkin Trolley is back!
One of the Fox River Trolley Museum’s most popular
events each year, special Pumpkin Trolleys operate
Oct. 15-16 and 22-23 at the museum, on Route 31 in
South Elgin.
Take a ride into the past through the gentle hills
along the Fox River and in Kane County’s Jon Duerr
Forest Preserve aboard one of the Fox River Trolley
Museum’s historic trolleys to the Pumpkin Patch at
Coleman Yard.
Choose a pumpkin, take in the fall colors, and take a photo in the Pumpkin Patch! Hundreds of pumpkins await
children and adults alike. Pumpkins are $1 apiece, in
addition to regular fares.
“We have parents each year who wait to get one of
their pumpkins with their children at the Coleman Yard
Pumpkin Patch,” said Bob Bresse-Rodenkirk, event
coordinator.
Passengers can board at both ends of the line for all trips. Trains will leave the northerly Castlemuir
terminal, on Illinois Route 31 in South Elgin, from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m. Trains leave from Blackhawk station
in the Jon Duerr Forest Preserve, on Route 31 in St.
Charles Twp., from roughly 11:15 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.,
Bresse-Rodenkirk said.
The Pumpkin Trolley weekends aren’t the end of the
fun at the museum this year.
The Haunted Trolley returns the weekend of Oct.
29-30, during regular museum hours. It’s a spooky
good time for children of all ages!
Reserve a spot now on the Halloween Hiawatha Ghost
Story Train, the evenings of Oct. 29-30. The
reserved-seating, after-hours Ghost Story Trains
entertain children, their daddies and mummies! Those
who dare can experience a campfire along the shores of
the Fox River with ghoulishly delightful ghost
stories. Ghost Story Train fares are $6 for adults
and $5 for children 1-11.
Early reservations also are a must for the Polar
Express, Dec. 3 and 10. Last year, extra trains were
added but all sold out weeks in advance. Chris Van
Allberg’s best selling book comes alive aboard the
museum’s sleek trains. There are cookies and hot
cocoa for everyone! Trains board at Blackhawk station
in the Jon Duerr Forest Preserve, just off Route 31 in
St. Charles Twp. for the ride north to meet Santa.
Advance reservations are necessary for the Ghost Story Train and the Polar Express by writing the museum, at P.O. Box 315, South Elgin, IL 60177-0315 or
by e-mail through the museum’s Reservations page at http://www.foxtrolley.org/reservations.html
The Fox River Trolley Museum is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to perpetuating the memories of
Chicago’s once-burgeoning electric railroad industry.
Cars in operation or on display represent all of
Chicago’s major interurban (inter-city) electric
railways, “L” and streetcar lines. All museum workers
are volunteers dedicated to recreating a bygone era.
The museum, at 361 S. LaFox St., on Route 31 in South
Elgin, is open on operating days 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
except as noted. Regular fares are $3.50 for adults,
$2 both for senior citizens and for children ages
3-11. Children under 3 ride free.
For additional information, or to rent a train, call
(847) 697-4676.
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