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A history of railroad track laying and removal in Wisconsin can be found in the following book:
Also see Antigo Daily Journal, PrimeTimes October 1, 2007, "At one time, Antigo nearly became two-railroad town" by Robert Duerwachter. |
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| Year | Railroad | Track Section |
| MLS & W = Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railroad C & NW = Chicago & Northwestern W & N = Wisconsin & Northern Railroad CMST & P = Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad MT & W = Marinette, Tomahawk & Western |
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| 1880 | MLS & W | Laid Tigerton to Eland, 12.40 miles. |
| 1880 | MLS & W | Laid Eland to Aniwa, 10.30 miles. |
| 1881 | MLS & W | Laid Aniwa to Summit Lake, 26.42 miles. |
| 1881 | MLS & W | The first train pulled by engine 31 arrives in Antigo on August 15, 1881. |
| 1882 | MLS & W | Laid Summit Lake to Three Lakes, 28.80 miles. |
| 1882 | MLS & W | Laid Antigo to west of Bryant, 5.00 miles. |
| 1883 | MLS & W | Laid Bryant to near Sherry Junction, 5.60 miles. |
| 1883 | MLS & W | Laid Sherry Junction to Drexel (Kent), 1.85 miles. |
| 1888 | MLS & W | Laid Pratt Junction to Jeffries Junction, 13.08 miles. |
| 1889 | MLS & W | Laid Parrish Junction to Parrish, 4.54 miles. |
| 1892 | MLS & W | Laid Aniwa to Mattoon, 9.59 miles. |
| On August 19, 1893 the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad buys the Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railroad. The MLS & W track becomes the Ashland Division of the C & NW. | ||
| 1893 | C & NW | First Round House built. |
| 1895 | C & NW | Freight Office built. Later used as warehouse. |
| 1896 | C & NW | Laid Mattoon to Mattoon Junction, 10.40 miles. |
| 1901 | C & NW | Laid Honzick's Siding to Ormsby, 4.43 miles. |
| 1901 | C & NW | Local history sources say tracks from Antigo to Heinemann's Mill were laid in 1901 or 1902. |
| 1901 | CMST & P | In 1901 the CMST & P built a 7.6-mile line from Otis on its Valley Division to a lumber town built by Sigmund Heineman (Lincoln County?) and three years later extended it 3.56 miles from this lumber town to Gleason. I believe this track is sometimes confused with the C & NW tracks laid from Antigo to Heineman in Langlade County. |
| 1901 | MT & W | Laid 19.25 miles from Grundy to McInnes in Lincoln County. |
| 1903 | C & NW | Second, larger Round House built. |
| 1903 | C & NW | Laid Antigo to Casper, 16.62 miles. |
| 1905 | MT & W | Extended track from McInnes 1.55 miles southerly across southwest Ackley Township and another 6.33 miles south to Kalinke in 1906. In 1901 the MT & W sold the section from Grandy to McInnes to the CMST & P. |
| 1906 | C & NW | Laid near Sherry Junction to Elton, 5.68 miles. |
| 1907 | C & NW | Antigo becomes Ashland Division Headquarters. |
| 1907 | C & NW | Laid Elton to Wolf River Junction, 6.60 miles. |
| 1907 | C & NW | Laid Wolf River Junction to Van Ostrand, 1.98 miles. |
| 1907 | W & N | Laid Neopit to Van Ostrand, 15.66 miles. |
| 1907 | C & NW | New Antigo Depot built. |
| 1908 | C & NW | Laid Bryant to Polar, 3.24 miles. |
| 1908 | W & N | Laid from Western Junction just a short distance south of Neopit to Western Siding just southeast of Phlox, 10.74 miles. |
| 1910 | W & N | Laid Van Ostrand to Wallrich Siding, 1.94 miles. |
| 1914 | C & NW | Laid Koepenick to Pearson, 8.74 miles. |
| 1919 | W & N | Laid Hollister to Camp 5, 3.41 miles. |
| 1919 | C & NW | Laid Pine River Junction (Lincoln County?) the Heineman Lumber Company's logging line northerly 6.09 miles. Extended this an additional 12.62 miles in 1922. |
| 1927 | C & NW | Removed White Lake to end of track, 1.33 miles. |
| 1927 | W & N | Removed Western Junction to Phlox, 10.74 miles. |
| 1929 | C & NW | Removed Antigo to Casper and Heinneman Line, 25.33 miles. |
| Early 1930's | C & NW | Shop work and equipment moved elsewhere because the use of diesel engines. |
| 1931 | C & NW | Removed Ormbsy to end of track, 0.30 miles. |
| 1933 | C & NW | Removed Mattoon to Mattoon Junction, 9.13 miles. |
| 1936 | C & NW | Removed Parrish to Paines Spur, 1.70 miles. |
| 1936 | C & NW | Removed Sherry Junction to Kent (Van Goethem book) |
| 1940's | C & NW | Removed Aniwa to Mattoon. |
| 1941 | C & NW | Removed Ormsby to Hoznick Spur. |
| 1951 | C & NW | Removed Sherry Junction to Polar. (Van Goethem book) |
| 1954 | C & NW | Ashland Division split. Northern HQ in Escanaba and Southern HQ in Green Bay. |
| 1957 | C & NW | Locomotive repair facilities moved to Clinton, Iowa. Removed Bryant to White Lake (Mid-Continent Railway Museum) |
| 1958 | C & NW | Removed Bryant to White Lake. (Van Goethem book) |
| 1969 | C & NW | Passenger service through Antigo ended. (Van Goethem book) Removed Bryant to Antigo (Mid-Continent Railway Museum) |
| 1983 | C & NW | Railroad service to Antigo ended in January 1983. |
| 1983 | C & NW | Salvage trains continued to operate as the last of the tracks between Ashland and Eland are removed. |
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