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The Wisconsin Central's existence as an independent carrier was short-lived. Much of the Wisconsin Central right of way was built over land obtained through a federal land grant. It was the only land grant railroad in Wisconsin. The railroad's tracks reached Ashland in 1877, St. Paul in 1884, Chicago in 1886 and Superior in 1908.
A Wisconsin and Southern Railroad train passes the Middleton depot eastbound toward Madison. BNSF Railway (BNSF); Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DWP), Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM), and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
The Illinois Central Railroad in 1851 was the first railroad to receive a federal land grant. The grant was part of the Land Grant Act of 1850, which provided 3.75 million acres of land to support railroad projects. The Illinois Central received nearly 2.6 million acres of land in Illinois. [3]
Wisconsin Central may refer to: A predecessor of the Soo Line Railroad known by the names: Wisconsin Central Railroad (1871–1899) Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954), which also used the name "Wisconsin Central Railroad" Wisconsin Central Ltd., a regional railroad acquired by the Canadian National Railway in 2001
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (reporting mark WC) is a railroad subsidiary of Canadian National.At one time, its parent Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation owned or operated railroads in the United States, Canada (Algoma Central Railway), the United Kingdom (English Welsh & Scottish), New Zealand (), and Australia (Australian Transport Network).
February 10 – The Illinois Central Railroad is chartered. [2] February 25 – The first passenger train on the Milwaukee Road operates over what is then known as the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Central entered receivership in 1932, declared bankruptcy in 1944, and finally re-emerged from administration in 1954 as the Wisconsin Central Railroad. It was entirely merged into the new Soo Line Railroad in 1961, [ 1 ] which acquired the Milwaukee Road in 1985 and was absorbed into the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1990.
An 1880 map of the area shows some sort of road entering what would become Goodrich from the Medford side, following the course of modern Highway 64 for two miles, then angling south into Marathon County. [10] A map from around 1900 showed one road following the course of 64 for a few miles, and two other roads along the southwest corner of the ...