Visitors board the Lumberjack Steam train at the 1880's Soo Line Depot, located 1/4 mile West of the junction of Highways 8 & 32 on Highway 8. Inside the depot, tickets can be purchased for the train ride, just as people did at the turn of the century. The depot has an old fashioned railway clock, roll top desk, early typewriter, and barrel stove. It also has an unusual elm bow, used by passing train conductors to catch dispatches from a depot agent. The "4-spot" Steam Locomotive was built in 1916 by the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. It was purchased September 22, 1926 and was brought to Laona for use in the logging industry. The steam engine pulls two all-steel passenger coach cars, and three cabooses. The "4-spot" is the only "PRAIRIE" style steam locomotive operating in the state of Wisconisn. The "PRAIRIE" style steam locomotive is a classification based on wheel arrangement. The PRAIRIE style is a 2-6-2, which means there are 2 leading wheels, 6 coupled driving wheels, and 2 trailing wheels. The first American Prairie type were built in 1900 by Brook for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad for use in the Mid-West prairies (hence the name). Baldwin also made a number of these engines which were used by the Aitchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Railroad and also by the Burlington Railroad. A majority of American 2-6-2 Prairie type were tender locomotives. The American Car and Foundry Company built the coach named the "Hamilton Roddis", in 1923 for <b>...</b>