The weather wasn't looking so good; they were calling for a severe thunderstorm sometime in the late morning or afternoon. However, we're would not be daunted and made the trek anyway.
Since we weren't sure how long we'd be able to stay, we decided to start with the rides that were longer and squeeze in as many as we could.
First, we rode the silver Nebraska Zephyr train (so comfy I may or may not have dozed off a little along the way).
By the time we finished that ride, the big steam engine was up and running so we hopped aboard and rode the one. There's something a little extra special about the smell of the smoke that makes that my favorite one to ride.
While on our steam train ride, it'd begun to sprinkle, so we had to run in between the drops to get to our next ride, the Chicago street car.
The street cars make a few stops around the museum campus, where they've got storage barns with more train displays, so we hopped off to explore a few of those. The rain was on again, off again, so we were able to duck inside the barn and not get too wet.
During a less-wet moment, we stopped by the playground by the depot. There the boys "drove trains" for a few minutes.
The last thing we rode in was an old time CTA car. While we were there, the rain decided to get serious and it was about then we decided we'd had enough.
Despite all the rain, we had fun! I suspect this will be a recurring exodus for some years to come.
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