Wisconsin/Railway Relations

Mainline

Freight and physical railway routes

Canadian National Railway (CN)

Route	Relation	Status
Neenah Subdivision	4871392 4871392	Complete.
Superior Subdivision	5810579 5810579	Complete.

Useful document for freight mainlines and ownership thereof (current to 2017): Subdivision lists and specifications:

Passenger train routes

Amtrak

Route name	Trains (`ref=*`)	Passenger Service	`type=route_master`	`type=route`	Status and Notes
Empire Builder®	7, 8, 27, 28	national	v2 Relation not yet defined	v1 1809794 1809794	Somewhat complete; rough public_transport v1. 2206 miles (3550 km) (Chicago - Seattle). Multiple western segments as "sub-routes" will need to be broken out and collected as v2 route_master members.
Hiawatha Service®	329-343	regional	9161615 9161615	SB 9161614 9161614 NB 1638760 1638760	SB NB Complete; public_transport v2. 86 miles (138 km).

Metra

Route	Relation	Status
Union Pacific/North Line	932962 932962	Complete.

Trams

System	Relation	Status	Notes
Kenosha Streetcar	1647145 1647145	Complete.
Milwaukee Streetcar M-Line	8400990 8400990	Complete; v1.	Officially, the M-Line has a blue color.
Milwaukee Streetcar L-Line	8400989 8400989	Under construction in the real world.	Exact stop locations are not yet known. The relation contains a mix of existing (already constructed) track and new track elements tagged `railway=construction` + `construction=tram` tags. Expected to open in 2020.

Abandoned routes and right-of-ways

There are numerous mapped abandoned lines, some of which overlap modern day rails-to-trails recreational trails, which nevertheless can be valuable for landmark or historical purposes. They are also useful to identify paths of trails and paths that exist but at a glance can be obscured by forest or other features.

Of particular use to map these is the USGS topographic maps annotated by James P. Kaysen. Many areas in Wisconsin, but particularly northern areas, has such a map, and they are available for inspection at the Wisconsin Historical Society website. This link takes you to 'Maps and Atlases in our Collection', with the search term 'Kaysen'. From that point, you can specify a certain USGS 1:24000 topo area you're interested in by name.

Route	Relation	Status
Fond du Lac - Marshfield	5654293 5654293	Complete where right-of-ways still exist.
Fond du Lac to Plymouth	5810505 5810505	Complete where right-of-ways still exist.
New London to Wittenberg	5654293 5654293	Complete from New London to Marion.
Portage Line	5793358 5793358	Partial.
Greenwood Line	5794063 5794063	Complete.

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