List of Wisconsin Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Abbotsford and Northeastern Railroad 1889 1910
Ahnapee and Western Railway 1890 1993
Allouez Bay Dock Company 1903 1913
Appleton and New London Railway 1866 1875
Ashland Railway 1882 1885
Baraboo Air Line Railroad 1870 1871
Bayfield Transfer Railway 1883 Unknown
Beaver Dam and Baraboo Railroad 1855 1856
Beloit and Madison Railroad 1852 1871
Black River Railroad 1878 1880
Calumet and Blue Island Railway 1889 1897
Cazenovia Southern Railroad 1913 1937
Cazenovia and Sauk City Railroad 1909 1913
Cedar Falls and Northern Railway 1881 1883
Chicago and Lake Superior Railway 1897 Unknown
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway 1863 1881
Chicago and North Western Railway 1859 1972
Chicago and Superior Railroad 1873 1880
Chicago and Tomah Railroad 1872 1880
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad 1885 1899
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway 1895 1938
Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad 1886 1903
Chicago, Milwaukee and North Western Railway 1881 1883
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad 1855 1859
Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway 1878 1880
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 1880 1972
Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad 1885 1899
Chicago, Wisconsin and Northern Railroad 1884 1888
Chippewa Falls and Northern Railway 1881 1883
Chippewa Falls and Western Railway 1873 1888
Chippewa River and Menomonie Railway 1883 1902
Chippewa River and Northern Railway 1902 Unknown
Chippewa Valley and Northern Railway 1900 Unknown
Chippewa Valley and Northwestern Railway 1901 1904
Chippewa Valley and Superior Railway 1881 1882
Cuyuna Dock Company 1912 1915
Dixon, Rockford and Kenosha Railway 1864 1864
Drummond and Southwestern Railway 1891 Unknown
Dubuque, Platteville and Milwaukee Railroad 1867 1880
Duluth Short Line Railway 1886 1898
Duluth and Superior Bridge Company 1894 Unknown
Duluth and Winnipeg Terminal Company 1892 1897
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway 1891 1937
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway 1887 1949
Duluth, Superior and Michigan Railway 1886 1887
Duluth, Superior and Western Terminal Company 1897 1908
Dunbar and Wausaukee Railway 1882 Unknown
Eastern LaFayette and Mississippi Railway 1871 1880
Eastern Railway of Minnesota 1887 1907
Eau Claire Railway 1879 1893
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Railway 1881 1883
Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls and Northeastern Railway 1902 1904
Elgin and State Line Railroad 1859 1883
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway 1909 1913
Ettrick and Northern Railroad 1915 1929
Fairchild and Mississippi River Railway 1886 1887
Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway 1898 1929
Fond du Lac and Whitewater Railway 1874 1875
Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria Railway 1874 1883
Fox Lake Railroad 1859 1904
Fox Lake and Wisconsin River Railroad 1857 1859
Freeport, Dodgeville and Northern Railroad 1887 1888
Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad 1853 1879
Galena and Wisconsin Railroad 1879 1880
Galesville and Mississippi River Railroad 1882 1883
Glenwood and Northern Railway 1902 Unknown
Great Northern Railway 1889 1970
Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway 1866 1873
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad 1873 1881
Green Bay and Western Railroad 1896 1993
Green Bay, Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad 1851 1857
Green Bay, Oshkosh, Madison and Southwestern Railroad 1903 1906
Green Bay, Stevens Point and Northern Railroad 1881 1896
Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul Railroad 1881 1896
Hawthorne, Nebagamon and Superior Railway 1898 Unknown
Hazelhurst and Southeastern Railway 1896 Unknown
Hillsboro and Northeastern Railway 1901 1985
Hudson and River Falls Railway 1878 1880
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Interstate Transfer Railway 1907 1938
Iola and Northern Railroad 1893 1914
Iron Ridge and Mayville Railroad 1865 1878
Janesville and Evansville Railway 1886 1887
Janesville and Southeastern Railway 1900 1901
Janesville, Beloit and Rockford Railway 1880 1882
Kenosha and Beloit Railroad 1853 1857
Kenosha and Rockford Railroad 1856 1857
Kenosha and State Line Railroad 1857 1864
Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad 1857 1864
Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad 1890 1969
Kickapoo Valley and Northern Railway 1889 1899
La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad 1852 1867
La Crosse and Onalaska Short Line Railroad 1888 1903
La Crosse and Southeastern Railway 1904 1933
La Crosse, Trempealeau and Prescott Railroad 1857 1877
Lake Geneva and State Line Railway 1887 1889
Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway 1884 1987
Lake Superior and South Western Railway 1885 1888
Lake Superior and Southeastern Railway 1904 1908
Laona and Northern Railway 1902 1983
Lisbon, Necedah and Lake Superior Railway 1889 1891
Lone Rock 1904 1907
Madison and Beloit Railroad 1848 1850
Madison and Portage Railroad 1870 1873
Madison and Prairie du Chien Railroad 1852 1853
Madison, Fond du Lac and Michigan Railroad 1855 1858
Madison, Lodi and Baraboo Railroad 1864 1870
Manitowoc and Minnesota Railroad 1868 1871
Manitowoc and Western Railroad 1895 1895
Manitowoc, Green Bay and North-Western Railway 1904 1909
Marathon County Railway 1903 Unknown
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Railroad 1912 1992
Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Railway 1894 1912
Markesan and Brandon Railway 1882 1903
Marshfield and Southeastern Railroad 1896 1901
Mattoon Railway 1895 Unknown
Mazomanie, Sauk City and Prairie du Sac Railroad 1880 1886
Menasha and Appleton Railway 1879 1880
Menominee Railway 1879 1880
Menominee River Railroad 1875 1882
Menomonie Railway 1879 1893
Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad 1857 1863
Milwaukee and Fond du Lac Railroad 1851 1853
Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad 1852 1863
Milwaukee and Lake Winnebago Railroad 1882 1899
Milwaukee and Madison Railway 1880 1881
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1850 1861
Milwaukee and Northern Railroad 1880 1893
Milwaukee and Northern Railway 1870 1880
Milwaukee and Northwestern Railway 1871 1872
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway 1861 1867
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1863 1874
Milwaukee and State Line Railway 1905 1909
Milwaukee and Superior Railroad 1856 1859
Milwaukee and Superior Railway 1891 1900
Milwaukee and Watertown Railroad 1851 1856
Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad 1847 1850
Milwaukee and Western Railroad 1861 1863
Milwaukee, Bay View and Chicago Railroad 1889 1913
Milwaukee, Dexterville and Northern Railway 1884 1891
Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Green Bay Railroad 1853 1854
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad 1872 1875
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway 1875 1893
Milwaukee, Manitowoc and Green Bay Railroad 1870 1872
Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls and Western Railway 1885 1891
Milwaukee, Sparta and North Western Railway 1909 1912
Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad 1858 1861
Mineral Point Railroad 1852 1880
Mineral Point and Northern Railway 1899 1930
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway 1883 1888
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Ashland Railway 1894 Unknown
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1888 1944
Minnesota and Wisconsin Railroad 1896 1902
Minnesota and Wisconsin Railway 1892 1896
Minnesota, St. Croix and Wisconsin Railroad 1884 1888
Miscauno and North-Western Railway 1905 1905
Necedah and Camp Douglas Railroad 1874 1878
Neillsville and North Eastern Railway 1881 1884
North Wisconsin Railway 1871 1880
Northern Pacific Railroad 1864 1896
Northern Pacific Railway 1896 1970
Northwestern Coal Railway 1892 1953
Northwestern Union Railway 1872 1881
Oconto and South Western Railway 1889 1890
Oshkosh Transportation Company 1867 1984
Oshkosh and Mississippi River Railroad 1866 1893
Owen and Northern Railway 1904 1908
Packwaukee and Montello Railroad 1881 1899
Penokee Railroad 1886 1888
Pine River Valley and Stevens Point Railroad 1872 1880
Platteville and Calamine Railroad 1861 1867
Port Edwards, Centralia and Northern Railway 1890 1896
Portage and Superior Railroad 1866 1869
Portage, Stevens Point and Superior Railroad 1870 1870
Portage, Winnebago and Superior Railroad 1869 1871
Prairie du Chien and McGregor Railway 1872 1894
Princeton and North Western Railway 1900 1901
Princeton and Western Railway 1883 1912
Racine and Mississippi Railroad 1855 1868
Racine, Janesville and Mississippi Railroad 1852 1855
Rice Lake and Northern Railway 1901 1902
Rice Lake, Dallas and Menomonie Railway 1893 1900
Ripon and Wolf River Railroad 1856 1863
Robbins Railroad 1898 Unknown
Rock River Railway 1880 1883
Rock River Valley Union Railroad 1850 1855
Sault Ste. Marie and Southwestern Railway 1887 1893
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad 1861 1880
Sheboygan and Mississippi Railroad 1852 1861
Sheboygan and Western Railway 1880 1881
Southern Wisconsin Railroad 1852 1856
St. Cloud 1878 1899
St. Croix and Chippewa Falls Railroad 1884 1884
St. Croix and Superior Railroad 1853 1857
St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway 1879 1913
St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 1877 1900
Stanley, Merrill and Phillips Railway 1893 Unknown
State Line and Union Railroad 1871 1880
Sugar River Valley Railroad 1855 1880
Superior Belt Line and Terminal Railway 1891 1900
Superior Short Line Railway 1884 1895
Superior Terminal and Belt Line Railway 1890 1891
Superior and Southeastern Railway 1903 Unknown
Superior and St. Croix Railroad 1870 1896
Superior, Balsam Lake and Southern Railway 1900 1901
Tomah and Lake St. Croix Railroad 1863 1867
Tomahawk and Eastern Railway 1907 1919
Tony and North Eastern Railway 1902 1903
Viroqua Railway 1878 1880
Washburn, Bayfield and Iron River Railway 1895 1902
Watertown and Madison Railroad 1853 1858
Waupaca 1907 1921
West Wisconsin Railway 1867 1878
Western Union Railroad 1863 1900
Whitcomb and Morris Railway 1896 Unknown
Winnebago Railroad 1853 1866
Winnebago and Superior Railroad 1866 1869
Winona Bridge Railway 1890 1985
Winona, Alma and Northern Railway 1883 1885
Wisconsin Central Company 1887 1899
Wisconsin Central Railroad 1871 1899
Wisconsin Central Railway 1897 1954
Wisconsin Midland Railroad 1887 1897
Wisconsin Northern Railway 1896 1897
Wisconsin Union Railroad 1866 1872
Wisconsin Valley Railroad 1871 1880
Wisconsin Western Railroad 1899 1909
Wisconsin and Chippewa Railway 1891 1898
Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad 1881 1938
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway 1893 1938
Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad 1879 1888
Wisconsin and Northern Railroad 1906 1921
Wisconsin and Superior Railroad 1856 1857
Wisconsin, Pittsville and Superior Railway 1882 1891
Wolf River Valley Railway 1906 1920
Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers Railroad 1885 1889
Wood County Railroad 1883 1891
Woodville and Southern Railway 1889 1892