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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.
19th century. Construction of the Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island Railroad was encouraged by the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 72-mile line began as an independent enterprise created by several Kenosha businessmen in 1853 and it was opened on July 21, 1861. Earlier plans had called for the line to be built between Kenosha and Beloit ...
Website. www.co.rock.wi.us. Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 163,687. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Janesville. [ 2 ] Rock County comprises the Janesville- Beloit, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison -Janesville-Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area.
The railroad that became the Milwaukee Road began as the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad in Wisconsin, whose goal was to link the developing Lake Michigan port City of Milwaukee with the Mississippi River. The company incorporated in 1847, but changed its name to the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad in 1850 before construction began.
A Wisconsin and Southern train passes the Middleton, Wisconsin depot eastbound toward Madison. The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (reporting mark 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 ...
55-15625. GNIS feature ID. 1582983. Website. Official website. Clinton is a village in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,221 in the 2020 census. The village is located within the town of Clinton. The Norwegian-American Jefferson Prairie Settlement was located near the village.
The Tomahawk Railway, currently owned by Genesee & Wyoming has roots dating back to 1891, when the founder, William H. Bradley, organized the Wisconsin & Chippewa Railroad. In 1894, Bradley organized the Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railway Company, then merged the W&C into the M.T. & W. in 1898. The main purpose of the railroad was to serve ...
The rail line used by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum is a spur off the original Chicago and North Western Railway mainline. With the development of the Illinois Iron mine in early 1903, the C&NW sent a team of engineers on July 8, 1903, to survey a route to the iron fields. By August 12, C&NW president Marvin Hughitt had arrived in North ...