North Judson train ride

We drove up to North Judson for a little train ride.  We met Andy's parents and we all went for a ride on a diesel train.  There was also a little museum of sorts.  They have a large steam engine, but it needs a few million dollars worth of work to get it running again.  They also had some Pullman cars (which were manufactured not far from there) to go inside and check out.  The green building is the switching tower.  Inside were all the levers which when pulled switched the tracks, even switches many miles away.  On our ride, we sat in an open car that was right next to the engine.  The engine wasn't nearly so loud as the whistle.  And boy, was it loud. And boy, were there lots of roads to cross.  Adam pretty much just covered his ears the whole ride.  :)

switching tower

view of train station from switching tower

old steam engine

old steam engine