Defunct Wisconsin Railroads - Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, List of Wisconsin Railroads, Chicago, Milwaukee (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, List of Wisconsin railroads, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Illinois Central Railroad, Burlington Northern Railroad, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad, Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad, Ahnapee and Western Railway, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, Wisconsin Central Railway, Kenosha and Rockford Railroad, Green Bay and Western Railroad, Fox River Valley Railroad, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, Chicago and Milwaukee Railway, I&M Rail Link, Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad, Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway, Laona and Northern Railway, Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad, West Wisconsin Railway, Chippewa Falls and Western Railway, Hillsboro and Northeastern Railway. Excerpt: The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in central Montana on Sept. 8, 1883. The railroad served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. In addition the company had international lines to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The company was headquartered first in Brainerd, Minnesota, then in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 1970 it merged with other lines to form the Burlingt...