Chicago Madison & Northern

Company History: CM&N was established in 1980 to operate a pair of former Milwaukee Road branches owned by the state of Wisconsin. It ran from Viroqua to Sparta and Mineral Point to Janesville. Total length was 116 miles. This operation lasted just two years before falling apart. Central Wisconsin took over the operation of these lines in 1982.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.