Seeing the Soo Line in Ladysmith

When I was planning our second of three county road trips, I discovered there was not much to see or do in Rusk or Burnett counties. They are mainly rural "up north counties" where hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities are a big deal. After a bunch of Google searches, I found that Ladysmith had a small train museum which was right up the hubby's alley.

Inside the Rusk County Visitor's Center is a small collection of railroad memorabilia. The collection includes a telegraph station and several telegraphs along with pictures of the the Soo Line trains.

Outside are several train cars you can enter.

There is the caboose which actually went through the Fox Cities during its tenure.

A diesel engine you can actually sit in

A mail car complete with a dead body.. possibly part of a haunted train at Halloween.

And a couple passenger cars.

It was a nice little museum and a great spot to stretch out legs. If you are headed up to the northwoods in Western Wisconsin and you like trains this is definitely a place to stop.