Welcome to Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Mid-Continent is an outdoor living history museum and operating railroad recreating, preserving, and interpreting the small town/shortline way of life from the “Golden Age of Railroading.”

Mid-Continent is much more than just a train ride. Explore the indoor/outdoor museum filled with award-winning restorations and railroad exhibits. In all, there are over 40 train cars and locomotives on display and more under restoration. See them all in our online Equipment Roster.

Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society–also known as Mid-Continent Railway Museum–is an outdoor, living museum and operating railroad recreating the small town/short line way of life during the “Golden Age of Railroading,” with operating trains, educational exhibits, and displays of restored rolling stock.

Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s full equipment roster has over 100 items in all, including 9 steam locomotives, 8 internal combustion locomotives, 34 passenger cars, 30 freight cars, 18 cabooses, and 10 pieces of service equipment.

View two live webcams at Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin. Cameras show trains departing and arriving at the North Freedom depot.

A cross-country journey that once took months by horse-drawn vehicle was achievable in less than than a week with the help of the steam locomotive and construction of the transcontinental railroad system.

Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: [email protected]

2024年6月20日 · Lake States Railway Historical Association and Mid-Continent Railway Museum are teaming up to present a new photo exhibition “Clinton Jones, Jr. (1944-2024): An Upper Midwest Icon of Shortline Railroading” beginning June 22 at MCRM’s Coach Shed #2 at North Freedom, Wisconsin.

Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: [email protected]

All Experiences packages include Mid-Continent’s membership perks A caboose ride for you and 7 friends await at any package level. The Section Foreman and Brakeman packages include coach tickets to give to friends and family.