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Trains of Wisconsin. National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI. ISBN 0-9635065-0-1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Travel by rail" Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (1937). The Railroads of Wisconsin, 1827-1937. Boston, MA: Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
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.
The Wisconsin Central Railway Company was created in 1897 when the Wisconsin Central Railroad (1871–99) was reorganized from bankruptcy. In 1954, it reverted to the name Wisconsin Central Railroad Company. The railroad was merged into the Soo Line Railroad in 1961.
The 72-mile line began as an independent enterprise created by several Kenosha businessmen in 1853 and it was opened on July 21, 1861. Earlier plans had called for the line to be built between Kenosha and Beloit, Wisconsin, but Beloit had shown little interest in being the western terminus of the line. The construction of the railroad ...
Northwest of Fox Lake, Illinois, it ran over tracks owned by the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad and the state of Wisconsin to a temporary platform outside of Janesville. The poor condition of the Fox Lake–Janesville stretch limited trains to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h). [5] The total journey time was 2 hours, 30 minutes. [2]
The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (reporting mark WSOR) is a Class II regional railroad in Southern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois currently operated by Watco. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) trackage, mostly acquired by the state of ...
The North Wisconsin Railway was incorporated by the State of Wisconsin in 1871 to build a railroad from Lake St. Croix to Lake Superior. [1] This route was built from Hudson, Wisconsin to Superior, Wisconsin. [2] The route went through Spooner, Wisconsin, where the route from Chippewa Falls joined at what was then called Chicago Junction. [3] [4]
The Twin Cities 400, an express train from Chicago to Minneapolis, began service to the station in 1935; at the time, it was the fastest train in North America. The depot also brought presidential campaign trains to Racine, and Theodore Roosevelt , Franklin D. Roosevelt , and Harry Truman all travelled through the station.