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Wisconsin and Southern #4025 in its 25th anniversary livery at the open house party in Madison. WSOR began operations in 1980 when the state acquired several Milwaukee Road branch lines and signed a 50-year agreement with the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad, organized by the FSC Corporation, which also owned the Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad.
The following year, the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad leased the line between Madison and Reedsburg. [10] When Union Pacific sought to abandon 15 miles (24 km) between Madison and Evansville in 1998, the municipalities of Oregon and Fitchburg acquired the line. [11] The Wisconsin and Southern leased that portion of the line as well in 2014. [12]
Ohio, Wisconsin: 1978–1991: 16: Known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal" [16] David Van Dyke: Milwaukee 1979–1980 6 Burglar who murdered people after tricking them into letting him into their homes [17] Lorenzo Fayne: Wisconsin, Illinois: 1989–1993: 6: Serial killer and rapist who murdered one woman and five children in the states of Wisconsin ...
Iowa County was formed in 1829 from the Crawford County land south of the Wisconsin River. [1] Brown County's southern portion was used to form Milwaukee County in 1834. [1] The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties. The most populous county in the state is Milwaukee County at 916,205 people ...
WICT 96A, an EMD FP7, approaches the W Washington Ave grade crossing in Madison with an excursion train in September 1991.. The Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad (reporting mark WICT) was a Class III shortline railroad that operated in the southern portion of Wisconsin and northern portion of Illinois from 1985 until 1997.
The Sheboygan Falls Subdivision is a railway line in the state of Wisconsin. It runs 14 miles (23 km) between Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Plymouth, Wisconsin. Ownership is split between Wisconsin and Southern Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. The line was originally built in 1859–1860 by the Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad.
(The Center Square) – Winter drivers in Wisconsin are getting an update to their road forecasts, just ahead of a weekend snow storm. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Wednesday ...
This was the second line of the Milwaukee Road to reach the Mississippi. The original rail line to Waukesha had been expanded through Milton and Madison, and reached Prairie du Chien in 1867. [4] In 1935, the Milwaukee Road introduced the Hiawatha passenger train which ran at high speed between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Chicago.