The Mid-Continent Railway Museum - Part 1

Today I visited the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, which is just west of North Freedom, Wisconsin.  I took so many pictures that I decided to divide my report into two posts.  The museum includes North Freedom's railroad station.

Near the station is Soo Line locomotive number 2645, which has a 4-6-0 configuration.

Shay locomotive number 9 was once owned by the Goodman Lumber Company, and which sits in an open-sided shed.

The Delaware Lackawanna & Western coach number 557 sits on a track next to the Soo Line locomotive seen above, and was once used for passenger travel in New York and New Jersey.  The DL&W later merged with the Erie Railroad to become the Erie Lackawanna.  The EL operated in western New York and northeastern Pennsylvania when I was a Littlefoot.

This crossing tower stands over several tracks that branch out from the main line, which is closest to the station seen above.  If there were any stairways or ladders by which someone could get up and into it, there aren't any now.

These two are tank car number 17550, made by the Union Tank Car Company, and the Soo Line caboose number 99085.

The last unit of rolling stock for this post is the Chicago & North Western salon-club car number 440.  Part of the caboose seen above is on the left.

For more on the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, go to Go Valley Kids, WiscNews, Family Days Out and DryftList Dells.