The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has entered into an agreement to buy a 70-mile-long rail line running from Reedsburg to Cottage Grove through Madison.
Despite not having a written contract with the state, a railway company is seeking $500,715.13 for work performed on an eventually canceled high-speed rail line planned to go between Milwaukee and Madison.
A railroad executive asked the Wisconsin Claims Board on Friday to pay $160,000 he said the state still owes his company for work on a high-speed rail line completed before Republican Gov. Scott Walker killed the project.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Kansas-based company is buying controlling ownership in Milwaukee-based Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. The financial terms involving Watco Transportation Services LLC, based in Pittsburg, Kan., were not disclosed. Watco is America’s largest privately held short line ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin railroad magnate accused of illegally donating to Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign said Monday he would plead guilty but didn’t realize he had done anything wrong when he asked employees ...
By Joe Lanane There are 22 rail cars loaded with steel in a Madison rail yard slowly siphoning money from the state. The steel was on its way to three land bridge projects in Waterloo and Milford to accommodate the ...
The state and some Wisconsin counties are stuck with the $35 million tab to upgrade a freight line between Madison and Watertown now that federal high-speed train money is gone.
By Darryl Enriquez As many as eight daily freight trains sharing a track with a passenger service near Monona Terrace is a recipe for gridlock rail officials want to avoid. “We do have some reservations about that corridor, and we ...