Tower Train Museum

In the little town of Tower, Minnesota is this local railroad and history museum, located at the town's depot. The depot contains a small collection of various artifacts on display.

We're still in DM&IR territory, folks, so.....

The main attraction is this 1910 Baldwin 2-8-0, DM&IR #1218. The sign tells (or at least used to tell) you everything you could possibly want to know about it!

You can look into the cab; the backhead appears to be in remarkably good shape. They certainly don't seem to have much problem with theft and vandalism.

The locomotive is only under a roof, however, so rust is hard to stop.

Then there's this heavyweight coach, which is used for occasional events.

I've never seen anything quite like this. It's equipped with benches, so perhaps it was used for transporting miners in their dirty clothes. Anybody have a better idea?

And this nice wooden waycar, with a complete interior, out under the weather.

We have more places to visit, so don't touch that dial!