The Ellsworth Line
The Ellsworth Line was the Omaha Railway's track from Hudson, WI south to Prescott Road, Glover's Station, River Falls, Cherma, Beldenville, and Ellsworth and north to Bayport and Stillwater.
The Spring Valley Line
The Spring Valley Line ran south from Woodville to Spring Valley, Elmwood, and Weston, and north to Emerald.
The Cornell Line
The Omaha Railway’s Cornell Line was a 49 mile branch line that existed
between Chippewa Falls and Hughey. Locations on the line included Norma,
Anson, Jim Falls, Cobban, Hatch, Brunet, Cornell, Holcombe, Arnold,
Donald, Hannibal, and Hughey. The line was abandoned in 1989.
The Chippewa Valley Line
The Chippewa Valley Line is the story of the Omaha Railroad that ran from
Fairchild, WI to Osseo, Strum, Eleva, and Mondovi. This line was abandoned
in 1975 and is now an all-purpose trail.
The Blueberry Line
The Blueberry Line was a Soo Line Railroad that ran from Ridgeland to
Dallas, Hillsdale, Barron, Cameron, Rice Lake, Campia, Mikana, Angus,
Birchwood, Edgewater, Signor, and Reserve, WI. This book tells the
story of this popular branchline railroad that served Barron, Washburn,
and Sawyer Counties.
The Mondovi Line
The Mondovi Line is the story of the Omaha Railroad that ran from
Fairchild, WI to Osseo, Strum, Eleva, and Mondovi. This line was abandoned
in 1975 and is now an all-purpose trail.
Arlyn Colby, a retired math teacher from Barron, WI, is known to many railroad fans in West Wisconsin as he has been involved in numerous railroad related events for years. He has taken on the important task of preserving railroad and community history of our region. Not an easy task. Several years of his life have been invested in accumulating the pictures, stories, and other details that are organized into his continuing series books.
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