The Brief
- Back in 2024, the Milwaukee County Zoo sold its steam engines to the Riverside & Great Northern Railway in Wisconsin Dells.
- You can see the engines in action during Pumpkin Trains, which takes place on the first two Saturdays in October.
- The zoo sold the steam engines to make way for new diesel engine locomotives.
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – For the first time in history, all three steam locomotives originally built for the Milwaukee County Zoo will be reunited in the Wisconsin Dells.
From the zoo to the Wisconsin Dells
What To Know:
The three locomotives, numbers 82, 1916, and 1924, will be operating together at the Riverside & Great Northern Railway, which is where they were built nearly seven decades ago.
Locomotive No. 82, built in 1957, opened the Milwaukee County Zoo Railroad. No. 1916 joined in 1961 and carried passengers for more than 60 years. No. 1924 completed the trio in 1977, pulling generations of zoo visitors.…