Laona's 4-Spot rolls out for another tourist season on the rails

The 4-Spot locomotive fired up for the season at Camp 5 Museum in Laona this morning.

Officially known as the Lumberjack Steam Train, the engine moved out of its roundhouse for the beginning of Camp 5 Museum’s 46th year.

This year actually marks the 50th year that the train has been a tourist railroad. In a story headlined “Old Locomotive to Haul Tourists in Forest County,” published in the June 24, 1965, the Antigo Daily Journal reported that the then-49-year-old locomotive had made its inaugural run with a group of newsmen aboard.

Full story: Antigo Daily Journal