• The Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad Company was a railroad company in the United States. It constructed and operated a narrow gauge line between...
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  • gauge Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad. The company also graded a line north from Wauzeka, but never laid rail nor bridged the Wisconsin River....
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  • Platteville Subdivision (category Rail infrastructure in Wisconsin)
    opened in 1874 and was fully abandoned in 1980. The Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad began construction of a 3 ft (914 mm) line in 1874 and opened it...
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  • Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad (WGNS) Wisconsin Northern Railroad (WN) Amtrak (AMTK)...
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    on the Michigan Southern Railroad and Galena and Chicago Union. The Galena and Chicago Union leased the Beloit and Madison Railroad in 1854, once the...
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  • following railroads are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois. A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) AgRail (AGRL) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Alton and Southern Railway...
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    Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census. A 581-acre...
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    Lanz, Daniel J. Railroads of Southern and Southwestern Wisconsin Development to Decline, 2004, P 73 Schweiterman, Joseph B.; When a Railroad Leaves Town:...
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    Aurora and Batavia, Illinois, who were concerned that the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad would bypass their towns in favor of West Chicago on its route;...
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    Illinois, at the southern tip of the state, to Galena, in the northwest corner. A branch line went from Centralia (named for the railroad), to the rapidly...
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    Galena & Chicago Union started operating in December 1848, and the Fond du Lac railroad started in March 1855, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad is...
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    Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad Wales West Light Railway...
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    north to Galena, Illinois, after which they arrived at the land office in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The men investigated several tracts of farm and timber...
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    particularly the construction of new roads, railroads, canals, and harbors, as well as the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. During his administration...
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    gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These narrow-gauge lines were easier to build than standard gauge and cost...
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    BNSF Railway (redirect from BNSF Railroad)
    Aurora with the Galena & Chicago Union Rail Road. The Aurora Branch eventually grew into the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, (CB&Q), a major...
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    relocated to the Wisconsin territory, where he became and advocate for a transcontinental railroad." Plumbe reasoned that a transcontinental railroad "would hasten...
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  • lower Wisconsin River and the lead mines at Galena, Illinois. The war band surrendered at Portage, Wisconsin, rather than fighting the United States Army...
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  • Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad) and the original Galena and Chicago Union Railroad depot (later used by the Chicago and Milwaukee Railway)...
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    central Wisconsin, passing through Wausau, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids. In southern Wisconsin, it encounters the terminal moraine formed during the...
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    William B. Ogden (category 19th-century American railroad executives)
    Ogden and Scammon had raised $350,000—enough to begin laying track. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad was profitable from the start and eventually...
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  • Operates the D&W Railroad Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW) Iowa River Railroad (IARR) Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY) Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) Keokuk...
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    Atchison, a general merchandise businessman from Galena. In 1835 he laid out the village of Belmont, Wisconsin and in 1836 began building four public buildings...
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    Elihu B. Washburne (category People from Galena, Illinois)
    support himself and further his education. After working for newspapers in Maine and studying law, Washburne passed the bar and moved to Galena, Illinois,...
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  • Natchez-Vidalia Bridge, Vidalia and Natchez, Mississippi Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge – longest railroad bridge in the US: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)...
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  • beneath Hudson River between Weehawken and Manhattan Long Dock Tunnel, former Erie Railroad, CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway beneath Bergen Hill or lower...
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    Illinois Railway Museum (category Railroad museums in Illinois)
    Pennsylvania Plant The museum's depot: Built in 1851 for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest train station west of the Appalachian Mountains...
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  • approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) on former Southern Pacific right-of-way in Fresno Three Creeks Trail Union Pacific Railroad right of way in Brea Ventura River...
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  • Hartford Wethersfield Windsor Aldine Bellaire Bunker Hill Village Channelview Galena Park Hedwig Village Hilshire Village Meadows Place Piney Point Village Beech...
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  • Norfolk and Southern Railroad, Rhodes Ln, E Hamilton Rd, S Morris Ave, Six Points Rd, W Oakland Ave, Fox Creek Rd, Crooked Creek Rd, Carrington Ln, and N 1200...
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