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Colfax Railroad Museum, Colfax, WI

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Colfax Railroad Museum

A Wisconsin railroad museum with rolling stock, a large dining car china display, and lanterns and signals, housed in an 1898 depot.

500 E. Railroad Ave., Colfax, WI 54730 · Colfax, WI

About Colfax Railroad Museum

The museum in Colfax collects railroad equipment used by lines that served western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. Its holdings include a Soo Line caboose, a Soo Line coach, a Porter steam engine, and a Soo Line GP-30 locomotive. The 1898 depot holds a library and events space, a large display of dining car china, lanterns and signals, uniforms, and a notable railroad paperweight collection. Exhibits show everyday rail work and how the technology changed over time. A miniature train ride and an HO model railroad are also part of the site.

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