Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
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The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (AAR reporting mark WSOR) is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the southern portion of Wisconsin and the northeast corner of Illinois.
Much of the railroad's operating territory is formed from the defunct Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad, on tracks that were originally constructed by the Milwaukee Road and Chicago and North Western railroads. The tracks that the WSOR runs on are jointly owned by the state of Wisconsin and the 14 counties that the railroad serves. The WSOR holds a 50 year operating agreement with the state of Wisconsin to operate on these tracks. Using existing rights of way, some of the bridges along the line date back as early as 1903.
The railroad is currently headquartered in Milwaukee, where all dispatching duties are carried out. Locomotive maintenance is centered in Horicon; WSOR's paint shop often does contract work on rolling stock for other railroads such as Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, as well as special paint schemes like those applied to Union Pacific Railroad locomotives 1989 or 1983 as part of that railroad's "Heritage Series".
The railroad sponsors its own [WSOR Fan Club] for interested railfans around the world.
Timeline
- 1980: Wisconsin & Southern is formed.
- 1992: Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad is acquired by Wisconsin & Southern
- 2001: Railway Age Magazine names the Wisconsin & Southern its Regional Railroad of the Year.
- 2005: WSOR celebrates its 25th anniversary by painting engine number 4025, an EMD SD40-2, in a special anniversary paint scheme, and holding "open house" parties in Janesville on July 9 and in Madison on July 23.
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