BROOKLYN - Join railroad enthusiasts from throughout the Midwest at "Depot Days in Brooklyn" Wisconsin from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27. With speeder car rides, model railroad enthusiasts sharing their hobby, Silver Dollar amusement rides, railroading and local art, nature adventure and plenty of food, Depot Days is engineered for family fun.
New this year are two locations for "Collect the Art" of Depot Days. Join artists at the Andrew House Tea Room in an Italianade 1800's home in the downtown and the 100 year old Methodist Church a the corner of Wisconsin 92 and 104.
Also new this year, Miss Wisconsin Christina Thompson will be in the parade at 1 p.m. on Sunday, following Senator Erpenbach. She will then perform after the parade at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Methodist Church. Stay to talk with her and get an autographed picture following her performance. The Bank of Brooklyn is her sponsor.
A special "Speeder Car" ride for a developmentally disabled group has been scheduled after regular rides on Saturday. A short program and ride will introduce them to a unique experience on the rails. Accommodations may be made for any group outside regular festival rides and are handicap accessible.
Highlights of the Depot Days in Green County weekend include:
• Speeder car rides in Brooklyn - ride a former railroad maintenance vehicle on the train tracks. Unlike train cars pulled by an engine, speeder cars travel independently and are powered by gasoline engines. Tickets for an hour ride on a C&NW track are on sale in the downtown at the tracks during the festival. Rides leave on the hour. $6 adults and $3 children under 12, advance tickets can be purchased during the festival at the site.
• Commemorative "Depot Days in Brooklyn" collectors' button featuring a local teen's artwork for $2. Purchase a raffle ticket to win a 125 piece Lionel City Center Wooden Train Set for $5 and receive the button. On sale at the community building's main site and at speeder car rides downtown at the railroad tracks.
• Silver Dollar Shows amusement rides in downtown includes inflatable rides and games.
• Pick up your "Nature Passport" at the community building downtown, which includes a migratory and non-migratory checklist and maps of three local wildlife-viewing areas and a wildlife checklist.
• Brooklyn's Depot Days Parade - Sunday at 1 p.m. on Wis. 92 from Kerch St. to 1st St., units introduced downtown.
• Free admission for model trains that will fill the local community center; Rusty Rails from Waukesha, Sandhouse Crew from Fitchburg and Lethby family from Monroe. A wooden train set on table in the children's play area.
New this year are two locations for "Collect the Art" of Depot Days. Join artists at the Andrew House Tea Room in an Italianade 1800's home in the downtown and the 100 year old Methodist Church a the corner of Wisconsin 92 and 104.
Also new this year, Miss Wisconsin Christina Thompson will be in the parade at 1 p.m. on Sunday, following Senator Erpenbach. She will then perform after the parade at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Methodist Church. Stay to talk with her and get an autographed picture following her performance. The Bank of Brooklyn is her sponsor.
A special "Speeder Car" ride for a developmentally disabled group has been scheduled after regular rides on Saturday. A short program and ride will introduce them to a unique experience on the rails. Accommodations may be made for any group outside regular festival rides and are handicap accessible.
Highlights of the Depot Days in Green County weekend include:
• Speeder car rides in Brooklyn - ride a former railroad maintenance vehicle on the train tracks. Unlike train cars pulled by an engine, speeder cars travel independently and are powered by gasoline engines. Tickets for an hour ride on a C&NW track are on sale in the downtown at the tracks during the festival. Rides leave on the hour. $6 adults and $3 children under 12, advance tickets can be purchased during the festival at the site.
• Commemorative "Depot Days in Brooklyn" collectors' button featuring a local teen's artwork for $2. Purchase a raffle ticket to win a 125 piece Lionel City Center Wooden Train Set for $5 and receive the button. On sale at the community building's main site and at speeder car rides downtown at the railroad tracks.
• Silver Dollar Shows amusement rides in downtown includes inflatable rides and games.
• Pick up your "Nature Passport" at the community building downtown, which includes a migratory and non-migratory checklist and maps of three local wildlife-viewing areas and a wildlife checklist.
• Brooklyn's Depot Days Parade - Sunday at 1 p.m. on Wis. 92 from Kerch St. to 1st St., units introduced downtown.
• Free admission for model trains that will fill the local community center; Rusty Rails from Waukesha, Sandhouse Crew from Fitchburg and Lethby family from Monroe. A wooden train set on table in the children's play area.
