I was surfing the net when I came across a site devoted to narrow gauge railroads. The site is www.ngrrlines.com. It listed quite a few narrow gauge railroads...
... Refractories are used in the steel industry, and the only large steel mill I know of in Wi was the Bayview plant at Milwaukee. Perhaps some attachment to...
I can add two Wisconsin pushcar narrow-gauge lines, if anyone's interested. In Port Washington, there was an extensive pushcar network at the chair company,...
Any info on the Bristol and lake George Electric Railway? Live in SE WI and never heard of this. Ron ... interested. ... chair company, and the map for that is...
It's a private electric narrow-gauge shortline built and operated by Bill Bauer in Bristol WI (Kenosha County). The rails came from a 1936 WPA project to build...
i'm looking for any and all info for the nicolet badger northern railroad and about the members of the transit commision and those who were with the short line...
You and me both. Unfortunately there is not much info out there. The road ran from Tipler in the north to Wabeno in the south. Had 2 locomotives, an ex MT&W...
The following is a little bit of info that I have in my files on the Nicolet Badger Northern. The first NBN ran in late fall 1983. By late 1985, the entire...
The Wisconsin DOT will hold a public meeting on Wednesday evening in the Kenosha Municipal Building (625 52nd Street) between 6:30 and 8:30 to update progress ...
... KenoshaStreetcars@yahoogro ups.com, "mrcooby" <x779@...> wrote: The Wisconsin DOT will hold a public meeting on Wednesday evening in the Kenosha Municipal ...
Amtrak Funding: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, The Judiciary, District of Columbia plans...
Hello Gents (and ladies?): I am searching for an apparently very rare color photo/slide of Ahnapee & Western 2-8-0 #351. This steamer ran from 1950 until 1953...
I rode that line from downtown Algoma to Casco in 1977. It was called the Algoma Railroad and used a Baldwin diesel. =Lou= ~~~~~~~~~~ **-=\/=-** ~~~~~~~~~~ The...
I was wondering if anyone has any information on a railroad that was incorporated in Wisconsin but never built. I have seen the incorporation papers for the...
1908 was year or so late for funding new railroads - one year after the 1907 recession and just a few years before the war clouds began to gather. R, JG ... ...
Jim Griffin
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Hello! I'm a new guy here & am hoping that someone might have some information about the Chippewa River RR. This railroad apparently took over the operations...
The only info I have is that the line operated from Eau Claire to Durand. It began operations on April 1, 1980 and was out of business by January 16, 1981. As...
Thanks Glenn! Wow! What a short history, eh? If the line only went to Durand, I wonder what they hauled. Bauer Built tires is about the only industry there. I...
You don't need to sign in or anything. http://www.wlip.com/pages/68731.php?contentType=33&contentId=4359 Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been...
NEW LAYOUTS FEATURED AT TRAIN SHOW Two new model train layouts will be featured at METRO Model Railroad Club's annual railroad show and swap meet. The event is...
The La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club's 26th Annual Model Railroad Show will be held on March 17 from 10AM to 6 PM and March 18th from 10 AM to 4 PM at...
Now available: "Wisconsin's Little Train that Couldn't - a history of the Washburn Bayfield & Iron River Railway" by Timothy Sasse This book covers the history...
This is a list to dicuss shortline railroads in Wisconsin currently operating or defunct. Such railroads can be the WSOR (operaWhoever is moderating this group...
I see on TV tonite that a few of the cars parked* inside* at the East Troy Museum trolly barn were spray painted by vandals. Geesz...what a mess. Anyone with...
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