List of Wisconsin railroads
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
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)
CPKC Railway (CPKC) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS)
Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System (FOXY)
Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR)
Tomahawk Railway (TR)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR)
Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNS)
Wisconsin Northern Railroad (WN)
Passenger carriers
Amtrak (AMTK)
East Troy Electric Railroad (METW)
Kenosha Streetcar (KAT)
Laona and Northern Railway (LNO)
Metra (METX)
Mid-Continent Railway Museum (MCRY)
Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway (MNTX)
The Hop
Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNS)
Industrial/private carriers
Cando Rail Services (CRSX)
Cenex Harvest States
Port of Milwaukee
Rail & Transload, Inc.
Badger Mining Corporation (BMC)
US Army (USAX)
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSX)
Proposed
Great Lakes Basin Railroad
Defunct railroads
Private freight carriers
A.A. Bigelow Lumber Company
A.H. Stange Lumber Company
Albert Hess Lumber Company
Alexander-Stewart Lumber Company
Arpin Hardwood & Lumber Company
Ashland Lumber Company
Atwood Lumber & Manufacturing Company
B.F. McMillan & Brothers Logging Company
Barker & Stewart Lumber Company
Bird & Wells Lumber Company
Bissell Lumber Company
Blackwell & Webb Lumber Company
Bonifas-Gorman Lumber Company
Boyd-McAlpine Lumber Company
Brooks & Ross Lumber Company
Brown Robbins Lumber Company
Buckstaff & Sprague Lumber Company
Bundy Lumber Company
Buswell Lumber & Manufacturing Company
C.C. Collins Lumber Company
C.J. Kinzel Lumber Company
C.M. Christenson Company
Charlie Fish Lumber Company
Chequamegon Logging Company
Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company
Connor Land & Lumber Company
Copper River Land Company
Cranberry Lumber Company
Crane Logging & Lumber Company
Crocker Chair Company
D.C. Davis & Sons Lumber Company
Daly & Sampson Company
David Tozer Lumber Company
Dells Paper & Pulp Company
Doud Sons & Company
Edward Hines Hardwood & Hemlock Company
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Empire Lumber Company
F.P. Hiles Lumber Company
Fence River Logging Company
Flambeau Lumber Company
Flambeau Paper Company
Flanner-Steger Lumber Company
Forest County Lumber Company
Forseman & Price Lumber Company
Forster-Mueller Lumber Company
Forster-Whitman Lumber Company
Foster-Latimer Lumber Company
Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company
Garth Lumber Company
Geo E. Wood Lumber Company
George W. Pratt Lumber Company
Gilkey & Anson Lumber Company
Girard Lumber Company
Glenwood Manufacturing Company
Glidden Veneer Company
Godfrey Von Platen Lumber Company
Goodman Lumber Company
Goodyear Lumber Company
Great Western Paper Company
Gurney Lumber Company
H.D. Mc Cool Land & Logging Company
H.H. Stolle Lumber Company
H.J. Wachsmuth Lumber Company
H.W. Wright Lumber Company
Hackley-Phelps-Bonnell Lumber Company
Haile & Mylrea Lumber Company
Held Lumber Company
Holmes and Sons Logging Railroad
Holt Lumber Company
Hiles Lumber Company
Ingersoll Land & Lumber Company
Ingram Lumber Company
J.J. Kennedy Lumber Company
J.R. Davis Lumber Company
J.W. Wells Lumber Company
Jeffries Lumber Company
John Edwards Manufacturing Company
John Hein Lumber Company
John H. Kaiser Lumber Company
John Schroeder Lumber Company
John S. Owen Lumber Company
Joseph Defer Lumber Company
Joseph Dessert Lumber Company
Jump River Lumber Company
Keith & Hiles Lumber Company
Kimball & Clark Lumber Company
Kneeland-McLurg Lumber Company
Kneeland-West Lumber Company
Lake Superior Lumber Company
Land Log & Lumber Company
Langlade Lumber Company
Langley & Alderson
Luger Lumber Company
Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company
McMillan-Salsich Lumber Company
Medford Lumber Company
Mellen Lumber Company
Menasha Paper Company
Menasha Woodenware Company
Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company
Menominee Indian Mills
Merrill Lumber Company
Miner Brothers Lumber Company
Mohr Lumber Company
Morse & Tradewell Lumber Company
Mosinee Paper Company
Nash Lumber Company
New Dells Lumber Company
Northwestern Lumber Company
North Wisconsin Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Oconto Company
O'Day & Daley Lumber Company
Page & Landeck Lumber Company
Paine Lumber Company
Park Falls Lumber Company
Peshtigo Lumber Company
Pineville Lumber Company
Puffer-Hubbard Lumber Company
Quinnesec Logging Company
R. Connor Lumber Company
Raymond Lumber Company
Rib Lake Lumber Company
Rice Lake Lumber Company
Robbins Lumber Company
Roddis Lumber & Veneer Company
Rust-Owen Lumber Company
S.G. Cook
S.J. Murphy Lumber Company
Salsich & Wilson Lumber Company
Sawyer-Goodman Lumber Company
Scott & Howe Lumber Company
Sever Anderson Logging Company
Shanagolden Lumber Company
Shawano Timber & Land Company
Shores Lumber Company
Simpson Gould & Company
Spider Lake Lumber Company
Sparrow-Kroll Lumber Company
St Croix Timber & Land Company
Stitt & Cartier
Stuart & Sprague Lumber Company
Thunder Lake Lumber Company
Tipler-Grossman Lumber Company
Tomahawk Land Company
Turtle Lake Lumber Company
Underwood Veneer Company
Union Tanning Company
Upham Manufacturing Company
Vilas County Lumber Company
Von Platen-Fox Lumber Company
W.A. Osburn Lumber Company
W.F. Switzer Lumber Company
W.H. Gilbert Company
Wall-Spaulding Lumber Company
Westboro Lumber Company
West Lumber Company
William Bonifas Lumber Company
William Holmes & Sons
William Rogers Lumber Company
Williams Salsich & Company
Wisconsin-Michigan Lumber Company
Wisconsin Timber & Land Company
Yawkey & Lee Lumber Company
Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Company
Electric
Appleton Electric Light and Power Company
Ashland Light, Power and Street Railway Company
Ashland Lighting and Street Railway Company
Bay Shore Street Railway
Belle City Electric Railway
Belle City Street Railway
Beloit Traction Company
Chicago, Harvard and Geneva Lake Railway
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company
Chippewa Valley Electric Railroad
Citizens' Traction Company of Oshkosh
Eastern Wisconsin Railway and Light Company
Eau Claire Street Railway, Light and Power Company
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh Electric Railway
Fond du Lac Street Railway and Light Company
Fox River Electric Railway
Fox River Electric Railway and Power Company
Fox River Valley Electric Railway
Grand Rapids Street Railroad
Green Bay Traction Company
Janesville Street Railway
Kenosha Electric Railway
La Crosse City Railway
La Crosse and Onalaska Street Railway
Madison City Railway
Madison Electric Railway
Madison and Interurban Traction Company
Madison Traction Company
Manitowoc and Northern Traction Company
Marinette Gas, Electric Light and Street Railway Company
Menasha and Neenah Street Railway
Merrill Railway and Lighting Company
Milwaukee City Railroad
Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Company
Milwaukee Northern Railway
Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Electric Railway
Milwaukee Street Railway
Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Electric Company
Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Motor Railway
Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Rapid Transit Company
Milwaukee Western Electric Railway
Neenah and Menasha Railway
North Greenfield and Waukesha Electric Railway
Oshkosh Street Railroad
Sheboygan Railway and Electric Company
Sheboygan City Railway
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company
Southern Wisconsin Railway
Superior Rapid Transit Railway
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Waukesha Beach Electric Railway
Waukesha Electric Railway
Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company
Wausau Street Railroad
West Side Railroad
Winnebago Traction Company
Wisconsin Railway, Light and Power Company
Wisconsin Electric Railway
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Wisconsin Public Service Company
Wisconsin Rapid Transit Company
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company
Not completed
Bayfield and St. Croix Railway (St. Croix, Superior, and Bayfield Railway ?)
See also
2020 Wisconsin railroad map
Notes
References
Association of American Railroads (2002), "Railroad service in Wisconsin" (PDF). (215 KB).
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