The Laona and Northern Railway (

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LNO) is a heritage railroad in

Laona, Wisconsin Laona is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,212 at the 2010 census. The census-designated place of Laona is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Blackwell Junction is also located partially ...

History

A former freight railroad, it was incorporated in 1902 for the R. Connor Company of

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, to haul lumber to its mill in Laona and then transport it to the Soo Line interchange 8 miles north in Laona Junction. When the railway converted to diesel in the mid-1950s, the company held on to only one steam locomotive, No. 4 or 4 Spot, for reserve power and burning weeds from the rail line. By 1965 the Connor Company used the locomotive for mixed trains to Laona Junction, taking passengers on a -hour ride. In 1983 the Connor Company gave the Laona and Northern No. 4 to the Camp 5 historical society, and it now pulls the Lumberjack Steam Train to the Camp Five Museum.

External links

Lumberjack Steam Train - official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laona Northern Railway Heritage railroads in Wisconsin Defunct Wisconsin railroads Transportation in Forest County, Wisconsin

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