The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

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Wisconsin and Southern provides direct access for shippers via the Chicago, IL gateway connecting with all major railroads via the Belt Railway of Chicago, Burlington Northern Santa Fe at Prairie Du Chien, WI, Union Pacific, ICE , Canadian Pacific and Canadian National (Wisconsin Central) at various points on the system. Access to barge facilities is also available at Prairie Du Chien, WI. The WSOR is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. In addition, WSOR operates branch offices and shop facilities in Madison, Horicon and Janesville, WI. WSOR runs many trains each day to serve your needs.

The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. is a privately owned & managed regional railroad company operating in the southern half of the State of Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. Wisconsin and Southern operates over 600 miles of branch and mainline track traversing a total of 20 counties in Wisconsin and Illinois. The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is Wisconsin’s Third Largest Railroad.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) connects within the state with all the western Class One railroads – Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific. With direct access to Chicago, WSOR connects with the eastern Class One’s – CSX and Norfolk Southern. In addition to the Belt Railway in Chicago, WSOR also has access to harbor facilities in Prairie du Chien. WSOR has branch offices in Janesville, Madison and Horicon.

WSOR operates on former Milwaukee Road and Chicago & North Western tracks that were earmarked for abandonment in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These tracks are now owned and managed cooperatively by the State of Wisconsin and 14 counties. WSOR has a 50-year operating agreement with the State and the counties to provide freight rail service on the 600+ mile publicly-owned railroad system.

Since its inception in 1980, WSOR has quadrupled the freight business served on the lines by their previous owners, handling over 50,000 carloads in 2005. WSOR expects to handle close to 73,000 carloads by the year 2010. Over 200 people are employed by WSOR.

http://www.wsorrailroad.com