Unseasonably warmer weather led to larger crowds for the “Halloween at the Roundhouse” event at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District held on Saturday, October 31, 2009.The railroad museum development project reports that attendance topped 3600 visitors over the four-hour special event, which was about 1200 more visitors than the event drew last year.
For the event, children donned costumes and enjoyed the Halloween-themes activities such as pumpkin bowling, pumpkin painting, a screaming contest, motor car train rides, and tours of the City’s landmark steam locomotive No. 1355.
As part of the festivities, hobos, witches, and goblins roomed throughout the 31.5-acre historic site, engaging in storytelling ranging from ghost stories to railroad lore. These story tellers helped bring the past to life with stories such as Kate Shelling.
According to Jon Wagoner, president of the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association, “this event continues to attract an audience that is more diverse than the railroad museum’s overall attendance. Typically, we see more low-income and minority families attend this event than they do our other public programs, particularly inter-generational families, continue to be an important part of the railroad museum’s audience, with 57.5 percent of visitors accompanied by children under 18. According to visitor registrations, over 95 percent of the families attending the Halloween at the Roundhouse event were accompanied by children under 18.
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