Riverside & Great Northern Railway

rgn_state Using several locomotives built by the Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works, Inc. the Riverside & Great Northern Railway operates a live steam railroad in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The museum consists of an operating 15-inch gauge light railway, operating hourly or as required when the museum is open, a food shop and picnic ground, learning centers, a museum store and operating facilities, all located on 35 acres of beautiful, wooded land along the Wisconsin River.

The Riverside & Great Northern Railway is a living museum dedicated to preserving and operating the superb locomotives and passenger cars built by the Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works during the period from 1950 to 1980. In 1988, a group of volunteers led by William C. Fitt formed the Riverside & Great Northern Preservation Society, Inc. and went to work to save the Sandley Works by turning it into a museum. The Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works, Inc. began building 15-inch gauge equipment as far back as the 1940s. The Riverside & Great Northern has preserved historic engines and passenger cars built by the Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works during the years of its operation.

Riverside & Great Northern