| A replica of the second SOO depot at Loyal, WI on 21 Aug. '15. The original depot was built by WC ca. 1891 when the line was laid. It stood at intersection of E. Depot St. and E. Mill St., it burned down ca. May '17. The second depot was completed in Nov. '17, at 24' x 90' it was the largest depot on that branch. It was dismantled in '68. The Irban and Leona Aumann family constructed a replica of the second depot in '00. They donated it to the Loyal Area Historical Society for a museum in '05 and moved to its present location at 501 E. Elm Dr./Hwy. 98, about 1,500 ft. NE of the original site. An unmarked Fairmont MT 14, Car No. 251309, is displayed at right. This speeder was built by Fairmont Railway Motors, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CAN, as opposed to their facility in MN. |