Author: Barb Nemec

  • Octagon Building Restoration nearly finished!

    Bruce Geissbuhler and his team of carpenters have re-created the arched openings on the building and LCHGS volunteers have painted it. The roof will get new cedar shake shingles in […]

  • Time to Paint the Caboose!

    We will give the caboose a Rust Converter treatment, then use epoxy primer followed by urethane epoxy top coat in Milwaukee Road Colors. Step one (Rust Converter) will be done […]

  • 2025 Railroad Calendars

    We have reprinted our most popular calendar for 2025 with historical photos of Railroad Depots all over Lafayette County. Stations are: Darlington, Mineral Point, South Wayne, Gratiot, Dunbarton, Shullsburg, Benton, […]

  • New T-Shirts!

    New T-Shirts are now available with our tree logo and full name on front and back. Available in Navy or Turquoise, and most sizes. get your by online order or […]

  • Caboose Benefit Concert

    Boy did we have fun! Stump Fiddle re-united for this one night only and played crowd favorites to an appreciative audience. Roughly $3,000 was raised for the Caboose Restoration Fund. […]

  • Riding the Rails

  • It’s HERE!

    Our Caboose is on the tracks beside the Darlington Depot. We can’t get to work on restoration until the weather warms up because step #1 is welding steel patches on […]

  • NRHS : a New Chapter!

    We are forming a new Chapter of NRHS – The National Railway Historical Society! With our efforts to update and improve displays of railroad history at the Darlington Depot, and […]