The free online Kenosha Electric Railway support group and fan club!
"I think that having the streetcar connect all of the businesses on Main Street would be beneficial to those businesses, would add value to downtown, would take people from the attractions on the lakefront, the museums, and introduce them to the businesses in the downtown." Kenosha Mayor Keith Bosman, Feb. 10, 2013.
Kenosha leads the worldwide renaissance of urban electric railways. Kenosha's five ex-Toronto PCC streetcars in historic livery are:
• 4606 (Chicago Surface Lines 'Green Hornet')
• 4609 (Pittsburgh Railways Company)
• 4610 (Toronto Transit Commission 'Red Rocket')
• 4615 (Johnstown Traction Company)
• 4616 (Cincinnati Street Railway)
They're Kenosha's top tourist attractions, plying the scenic two-mile route from the Joseph McCarthy Transit Center, serving:
• The Kenosha Metra Station
• Pearl Street Historic District
• "Lawyers Row"
• Reuther Central High School
• Civic Center Historic District
• Courthouse and Administration Building
• The Sheridan Road "Golden Mile"
• Central Post Office
• Market Square
• Downtown shopping districts
• The 1927 Rhode Opera House
• The new Public Museum and Civil War Museum
• La Place de Douai
• Lake Michigan shoreline attractions including playgrounds, fountains and sculptures
• New HarborPark condominiums
• Celebration Place
• Navy Park
• Veterans Fountain
• and stunning views of the 1866 Southport Lighthouse and 1906 Coast Guard Pierhead Light, and of Lake Michigan itself.
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Daily service; call (262) 653-4287 for schedules.
• Joseph McCarthy Transit Center (carhouse, substation, shops):
724 54th St.
All the name implies.
