Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Trego, Wisconsin |
| Locale | Spooner, Wisconsin, US |
| Dates of operation | 1997–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 26 miles (42 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | spoonertrainride |
The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad operates a historic train line centered in Trego, Wisconsin on 26 miles of track, between Spooner, Wisconsin and Springbrook, Wisconsin. It was founded on April 1, 1997.[1][2] The line runs dinner trains, bed and breakfast trains, and scenic sight seeing tours.[3]
Locomotives
- LS&M #41 - GE 50-Ton Diesel Locomotive (likely built in 1941)
- WGN #314 - Former Green Bay & Western Alco C424 Diesel Locomotive (privately owned)
- WGN #423 - Former Chicago & North Western EMD F7
- WGN #600 - Former B&OCTRR EMD SW1
- WGN #862 - Former Milwaukee Road EMD SW1
- WGN #891 - Former Milwaukee Road or Erie Railroad EMD SW1
- WGN #1280 - Former American Can/Marathon Southern EMD SW600
- WGN #1386 - Former TP EMD GP35M
- WGN #1387 - Former MP EMD GP35M
- WGN #1388 - Former TP EMD GP35M
- WGN #1950 - Former Great Northern EMD F7
- WGN #1951 - Former Great Northern EMD F7
- WGN #6006 - Former Algoma Central Railway SD40-2, used for freight
- WGN #8760 - Rebuilt 1949 Alco S2M
- CB&Q #9903 “Injun Joe” - Acquired along with the rest of the Mark Twain Zephyr consist in July 2020.
- Duluth & Northeastern 27 - Acquired April 2024
Passenger
- WGN #1 "Allen L. Vreeland" - Originally a Pullman 1914 business car built for the Santa Fe, now a sleeper on the Bed & Breakfast Train
- Former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway crane X-7 & Boom Car #W6331.
- WGN #8 Budd RDC-1 Diesel Rail Car - Originally an RDC for the New York Central Railroad, currently out of service
- WGN #9 "Namekagon Dreams" - Originally a double bedroom buffet car for the Atlantic Coast Line, now a sleeper on the Bed & Breakfast Train
- WGN #10 "Pine Cavern" - Originally a Budd-built sleeping car for the Santa Fe, under renovation as a future sleeper on the Bed & Breakfast Train
- WGN #12 "Sleepy Hollow" - Originally a sleeper/lounge car for the Union Pacific, currently out of service
- WGN #13 "Royal Palm" - Originally an 11-bedroom sleeping car for the CNO&TP, currently out of service
- WGN #14 Chapel Car - Originally a Long Island Railroad coach car, currently out of service
- WGN #15 "Cascade Falls" - Originally a Budd-built 50-seat coach for the CB&Q, used on the Dinner Train through March 2020/currently out of service
- WGN #24 Santa Car - Originally a railroad post office car for the Milwaukee Road, now used on the Santa Pizza Train
- WGN #26 "East Lexington" - Originally a 12-section and one drawing room car for Pullman, currently out of service
- WGN #27 - Originally a wide vision cupola caboose, currently out of service
- WGN #32 "Apostle Isle" - Originally an 80-seat coach for the Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railway, now a 64-seat diner, currently out of service
- WGN #34 "Presque Isle" - Originally an 80-seat coach that was formerly used on Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway on Maintenance-of-way trains, now a 56-seat diner, currently out of service
- WGN #100 "Amnicon Falls" & "Manitou Falls" - Originally an articulated coach car on the Southern Pacific Railroad, currently contains 7 private dining rooms and is used on the Dinner Train
- WGN #112 "Richard F. Gilberg" - Originally a mail and express car for the Duluth & Iron Range Railway (D&IR), rebuilt by the WGNRR as a club car, currently out of regular service
- WGN #143 DM&IR Caboose - Originally Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Caboose #C-143, currently being resorted by the railroad and on display next to the Trego Depot
- WGN #200 Kitchen Car - Originally a Havelock CB&Q Baggage Car, converted to a kitchen car by the Columbia Star Dinner Train, currently out of service
- WGN #300 "Copper Falls" & "Morgan Falls" - Originally an articulated coach car on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad, currently contains 7 private dining rooms and is used on the Dinner Train
- WGN #316 "Madeline" - St. Louis Car Company designed this as Southern Traction Car #315 in 1913, occasionally used for Sightseeing trains, currently out of service
- WGN #421 "Bear's Den" - Originally a 14-section Touralux sleeping car for the Milwaukee Road, was used by the WGNRR as a crew car, currently out of service
- WGN #432 - Originally a Milwaukee Road RPO-Express car for the Olympian Hiawatha in early 1947, currently out of service
- WGN #500 - "Effie Dean" - Tavern-Lounge in the Mark Twain Zephyr consist.
- WGN #506 "Becky Thatcher" - "Becky Thatcher" - Baggage Car in the Mark Twain Zephyr consist.
- WGN #551 "Huckleberry Finn" - Dining Car in the Mark Twain Zephyr consist.
- Ex-#551 - Former Roseville Crossing Car - Originally a coach car constructed in 1948 for the Milwaukee Road, acquired by the WGNRR in 2021 and currently out of service
- WGN #573 "Tom Sawyer" - Observation-Lounge Car in the Mark Twain Zephyr consist.
- WGN #1114 Power Car - Originally a baggage car for the Milwaukee Road, currently used as a power car for most passenger trains at the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad
- WGN #1341 "Willow Falls" - Originally a dining car for the Canadian National, now a new kitchen/dining car that debuted in 2022 on the Bed & Breakfast and Dinner Train
- WGN #2000 Namekagon Coach - Car built as part of the Namekagon Train which ran between the Twin Cities and Ashland, currently out of service and parked in the Spooner, Wisconsin yards
- WGN #2004 - Originally a 24-section car built in 1954 for the Canadian National, currently out of service
- WGN #3003 "Aristocrat" - Originally a tavern lounge for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad, used on the Bed & Breakfast and Dinner Trains
- WGN #6226 - Originally a 52-seat coach built for the Seaboard Air Line, moved to the Wisconsin Great Northern in 2021, currently out of service
- WGN #10674 - Originally a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Coach car, featured in the movie "In the Heat of the Night", currently out of service awaiting restoration
- WGN #39972 - Originally a Santa Fe Hi-Level Lounge and Amtrak Pacific Parlour Car, currently used on the railroad's Wine & Cheese Train
- Flat Car WGN #250578
- Flat Car WGN #985353
- Former Pearl Lake Engine & 2 Cabooses (acquired February 2021 and awaiting restoration)
- "Winette" / "Captain Hook" - Originally a Pullman business car built in 1930 built for W.R. Reynolds of the Reading Transit & Light Company, currently out of service awaiting restoration
- Former C&NW Baggage Car - constructed in the 1920s or 1930s and used for many decades along the various lines of the C&NW in the central United States
- Former M&StL Doodlebug
- Former C&NW Snow Plow #935 (parked at the railroad's Spooner yard)
References
- ^ "New Trego Train Depot Attracts Tourism" Northland News Center. Retrieved 2016-04-11.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Wisconsin Great Northern uses track project to fight impact of virus". Trains. 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Rail treat: Wis. train offers dinner, bed & breakfast" Bloomington Pantagraph. Retrieved 2016-04-11.