Branch Lines
Casco Junction - Algoma - Sturgeon Bay See Ahnapee and Western Railway
Iola (Iola Northern Railroad) Opened 1893 from Scandinavia - Operated by the GBW and purchased by them in 1914. Abandoned October 1956. Note - The proposed extension to Prentice to connect with the Soo Line was never constructed.
Waupaca (Waupaca Green Bay Railway) Opened 1907 from Scandinavia. Purchased by GBW in 1922. Closed 1947 (Passenger traffic ceased some years previously). The Waupaca Line was promoted by local business interests to provide competition to the Wisconsin Central. The Waupaca Depot was unusual in that it was the former Evangelical Lutheran church.
Biron Branch Opened sometime between 1881 and 1896 from Wisconsin Rapids. Status 2011 - Open. Although only 2.2 miles long from Wisconsin Rapids it proved valuable as connection to paper industries.
Stevens Point (Stevens Point and Northern) Opened January 1882 from Plover. Purchased by GBW May 1896. Status 2011 - Open.
La Crosse Branch (La Crosse to Onalaska) 6.38 miles. Opened 1876. Abandoned 1922. Connected to main line via trackage rights over the C&NW from Marshland.
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