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Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI

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Mid-Continent Railway Museum

An outdoor living history museum and operating railroad in North Freedom, Wisconsin, centered on small-town shortline railroading.

E8948 Museum Road, North Freedom, WI 53951 · North Freedom, WI

About Mid-Continent Railway Museum

Mid-Continent Railway Museum is an outdoor museum and working railroad that recreates and interprets the small-town and shortline railroad way of life from the early twentieth century. Its static displays sit alongside a round-trip train ride of about seven miles on preserved railroad cars. The museum also runs special events such as fall foliage trips, a root beer float train, a Halloween train, and holiday trains with Santa. Free parking is available on site, and the grounds have restrooms and a picnic shelter, but no camping.

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  • #train ride
  • #living history
  • #steam locomotives
  • #outdoor museum

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