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The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( reporting marks WAMX, 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 ...
Janesville station. / 42.6651; -88.9794. Janesville station in Janesville, Wisconsin was built in 2000, to serve as the terminus for the Lake Country Limited. Passenger service ceased only a year later, in 2001. [1] [2] As of 2021, nothing remains of the station. The condition of the tracks meant that the train stopped two miles from downtown ...
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.
The Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad (WICT) was formed on January 1, 1985. WICT would eventually operate all of the above mentioned rail lines, as well as lines from Janesville to Waukesha and Janesville to Monroe. In 1989, the first Wisconsin and Calumet trains ran from Janesville to Fox Lake on the route known during the Milwaukee Road era as ...
The railway was started in Janesville, Wisconsin, as a demonstration railway for Sandley locomotives and rolling stock. In 1952 the Sandleys relocated to the former right-of-way of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad near Wisconsin Dells, which was abandoned in favor of a route with a smoother grade 500 feet (152 m) to the south.
Lincoln–Tallman House. / 42.68611°N 89.03139°W / 42.68611; -89.03139. The Lincoln–Tallman House is a historic Italianate-style house in Janesville, Wisconsin. Built and constructed in 1857 [2] by the Tallman family, the house once hosted overnight guest Abraham Lincoln before he became U.S. President. [3]
The Beloit and Madison Railroad was incorporated on February 18, 1852, to construct a railway line from Beloit to Madison via Janesville. At the southern end the line would connect with the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, which would build a branch from its main line at Belvidere north to Beloit.
Janesville, Wisconsin. / 42.68389°N 89.01639°W / 42.68389; -89.01639. Janesville is a city in and the county seat of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615, making it the tenth-most populous city in Wisconsin. [5] It is a principal municipality of the Janesville–Beloit ...