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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).
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.
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)
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
Construction of the line started in 1882 by the Wisconsin Central Railroad and was completed in 1886. [1] [2] The railroad was reorganized from bankruptcy in 1897 and became the Wisconsin Central Railway. The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (the original Soo Line) gained control in 1901 and leased the WC in 1902. The Soo ...
The Green Bay and Western Railroad (reporting mark GBW) served central Wisconsin for almost 100 years before it was absorbed into the Wisconsin Central in 1993. For much of its history the railroad was also known as the Green Bay Route. At the end of 1970 it operated 255 miles of road on 322 miles of track; that year it reported 317 million ton ...
The Wisconsin Central was incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin on December 30, 1897, for an unstated period. The purpose for which it was incorporated was to acquire possession, ownership, and control, and thereafter to maintain and operate the following named railway lines comprising the then so-called Wisconsin Central System: