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Archive -- WI Rail: 2024 Report Card for Wisconsin's Infrastructure
Date
Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:00 PM Thursday, February 20, 2025 1:30 PM
Location
via Zoom
Wisconsin’s rail system has approximately 3,300 miles of track, 82% of which is owned and operated by 11 private railroad companies. Thirty percent of freight by value is transported by rail and freight movement by rail is expected to increase. Expansion is expected in terms of existing services and new rail lines. Join American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-WI) and Wisconsin League of Women Voters (LWVWI) at the February 20, 2025 webinar on Rail (C-) from 12:00 to 1:30 pm.
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"I wish to extend my appreciation to members of the Rail Passengers Association for their steadfast advocacy to protect not only the Southwest Chief, but all rail transportation which plays such an important role in our economy and local communities. I look forward to continuing this close partnership, both with America’s rail passengers and our bipartisan group of senators, to ensure a bright future for the Southwest Chief route."
Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS)
April 2, 2019, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his work to protect the Southwest Chief