List of Wisconsin railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Common freight carriers

*BNSF Railway (BNSF)
*Canadian National Railway (CN)
*Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
*East Troy Electric Railroad (METW)
*Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
*Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (ICE)
*Tomahawk Railway (TR)
*Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
*Wisconsin Northern Railroad (WN)
*Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR)

Passenger carriers

*Amtrak (AMTK)
*Metra
*Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNS)

Defunct railroads

* Abbotsford and Northeastern Railroad (1888) later WC
* Ahnapee and Western Railway (1890) later GBW
* Appleton and New London Railway
* Badger Electric Company of Racine (1897)
* Bayfield and St. Croix Railroad (1856)
* Bayfield Transfer Railway (1883)
** Bayfield Harbor & Great Western Railway (1883)
**Lone Rock-La Valle Railroad
* Central Wisconsin Railroad
* Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW)
** Baraboo Valley Air-Line Railroad (1871) CNW subsidiary
**Beloit & Madison Railroad (1868) later CNW
**Big Falls Railway (1895) later CNW
**Cazenovia and Sauk City Railroad (1908) later CNW
**Cazenovia Southern Railroad (1913) later CNW abandoned 1937
** Chicago and Wisconsin Midland Railroad
*** Wisconsin Northern Railroad Big Suamico, WI - State Line
**Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway
***Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
****Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad

* Chicago and Tomah Railroad
* Chicago and Wisconsin Railroad
* Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
*Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad (1895)
**Chicago and Kenosha Railway (1896)
* Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad — 1886–1889
* Chicago, Madison and Northern Railway (CMN) — 1976–1982
* Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway (CMG)
* Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (North Shore Line)
* Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Rail Road
* Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
* Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad
* Chippewa Falls and Western Railway
* Dells and Northeastern Railway
* Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway later CP
** Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Railway Sault Ste. Marie, MI - Superior, WI
* Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
* Ettrick Railroad
* Fox River Valley Railroad (FRV)
* Fox Valley and Western Railroad (FVW)
* Freeport, Dodgeville and Northern Railroad
* Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
* Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad
* Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company
* Grand Trunk Western (GTW)
* Great Northern Railway (GN)
* Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway
* Green Bay and Minnesota Railway
* Green Bay and Western Railroad (GBW)
* Green Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago Rail Road
* Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul Railroad
* Hillsboro and Northeastern Railway
* I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
* Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad
* Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
* Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG)
* Interstate Transfer Railway
* Iola and Northern
* Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad
* Kickapoo Valley and Northern Railway
* La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad
* La Crosse and Southeastern Railroad (nickname: Coon Valley Line)
* Lake States Transportation Division (subsidiary of Soo Line Railroad)
* Lake Superior and Southeastern
* Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway
* Laona and Northern Railway
* Manitowoc and Western Railroad
* Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Railroad
* Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad
* Milwaukee and Lake Winnebago Railroad
* Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad
* Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
* Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway
* Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
* Milwaukee and Watertown Railroad
* Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad
* Milwaukee, Dexterville and Northern Railway
*Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (1899)
**Belle City Electric Railway (1897)
***Belle City Street Railway (1883)
* Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Green Bay Railroad
* Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad
* Milwaukee, Maitowoc and Green Bay Railroad

* Milwaukee Road (MILW) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
** Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
***Wisconsin, Pittsville & Superior Railroad (1882-1891) Dexterville Junction - Pittsville, WI
****Milwaukee, Dexterville & Northern Railway Dexterville - Hiles Station
*** Wisconsin Western Railroad (1899-1903) Wauzeka - La Farge, WI
****Kickapoo Valley & Northern Railway (1899)
*** Wisconsin Valley Railroad (1856-1880) Tomah - Jenny, WI
***Wisconsin Midland Railroad (-1898) Fond du Lac, WI

* Mineral Point and Northern Railroad
* Mineral Point Railroad
* Minneapolis and Sault Ste. Marie
* Minneapolis and St. Croix Railway
* Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic
*Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
**Wisconsin Central Railway (1897-1909)
* Minnesota and Wisconsin Railroad (1892)
**Woodsville and Southern Railroad
* Minnesota, St. Croix and Wisconsin Railroad
* Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
* Northwestern Coal Railway
* Oshkosh Transportation Company
* Owen and Northern
* Pecatonica and Mississippi Railroad
* Portage and Superior Railroad
* Portage, Stevens Point and Superior Railroad
* Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie
* Robbins Railroad
* Rock River Valley Railroad
* Soo Line (SOO)
* Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad
* Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad
* Stevens Point and Northern Railroad
* Sugar River Valley Railroad
* Waupaca-Green Bay Railway
* Winnebago and Lake Superior Railroad
* Winona Bridge Railway
* Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad (WICT)
* Wisconsin and Chippewa Railroad — 1891–1898
* Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad
* Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad
* Wisconsin and Northern Railroad
* Wisconsin and Superior Rail Road
* Wisconsin Central (WC)
* Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
* Wisconsin, Michigan and Northern Railway
* Chicago and Wisconsin Midland Railroad
* Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
* Wisconsin Northwestern Railway
* Wisconsin, Pittsville and Superior Railroad
* Wisconsin, Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette
* Wisconsin Union Railroad

External links

* [http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/localgov/docs/railmap.pdf 2005 Wisconsin Railroad Map] (PDF) from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
* [http://www.earlpleasants.com/search_5.asp Railroad name database - search under keyword "Wisconsin"]

References

* Association of American Railroads (2002), [http://www.aar.org/PubCommon/Documents/AboutTheIndustry/RRState_WI.pdf?states=RRState_WI.pdf Railroad service in Wisconsin] (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2005.
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* [http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/localgov/docs/railmap2004.pdf Wisconsin DOT railroad map] (PDF)
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