Talk:List of Wisconsin railroads

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The Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad and the Chicago, Madison and Northern Railway were two different railroad companies that have operated in Wisconsin. The former (CM&N Railroad) was incorporated on August 2 1886, and was purcgased by the Illinois Central in 1889. The latter (CM&N Railway) was chartered on February 6 1976, and operated until 1982. (Reference: Lanz, Daniel, Railroads of southern and southwestern Wisconsin) slambo 01:47, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)

Chicago Great Western?[edit]

I think the CGW came as close as the western bank of the Mississippi to Wisconsin without ever actually going across. Should this get taken out of here?Gws57 22:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if it never actually entered the state, then yes it should be removed from this list. Looking at a couple references in my library, I don't see anything to say that CGW did enter Wisconsin so it should be safe to remove. Slambo (Speak) 01:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, looks like the closest it came was Red Wing and Winona, Minnesota. Done and done! Gws57 02:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overview Section?[edit]

I am thinking of writing an overview section to this article, and pehaps dropping the "List of" part of the title. Anyone have any comments on this. The overview might be useful for all state lists but I can only do a couple--Wickifrank (talk) 16:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It might be best to make a separate article, rail transport in Wisconsin. --NE2 22:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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