PREDECESSOR COMPANIES OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

Name of Company Date Incorporated

Ashdale & Thomson Railway Co. 1-30-1902

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. 2-16-1865

Beaver Dam and Baraboo Railroad Co. 3-31-1855

Bedford Belt Railway Co. 3-30-1892

Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad Co. 6-21-1883

Bellingham & Northern Railway Co. 10-17-1912

Bellingham Terminals and Railway Co. 5-3-1909

Big Blackfoot Railroad Co. 1-10-1910

Bozeman Street Railway Co. 12-1-1897

Bureau County Mineral Railway Co. 9-12-1904

Caledonia and Mississippi Railway Co. 11-29-1873

Caledonia, Mississippi, and Western Rail Road Co. 3-29-1879

Central Illinois and Wisconsin Railway Co. 10-16-1880

Central Railroad Company of Minnesota 9-17-1872

Central Railroad Company of Minnesota 7-14-1873

Chicago and Evanston Railroad Co. 2-16-1861

Chicago and Lake Superior Rail Road Co. 10-5-1883

Chicago and Pacific Railroad Co. 4-30-1872

Chicago and Superior Railroad Co. 6-19-1873

Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade and Western Railway Co. 8-4-1877

Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad Co. 10-5-1871

Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Rail Road Co. 3-1-1878

Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Co. 1-4-1871

Chicago, Evanston and Lake Superior Railway Co. 12-22-1885

Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway Co. 3-3-1908

Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway Co. 1-9-1909

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. of Idaho 1-23-1906

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. (Illinois) 4-1-1872

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. of Montana 12-19-1906

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. of South Dakota 8-25-1906

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. of Washington 1-10-1906

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. 2-11-1874

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Rail Road Co. 3-31-1927

Chicago Southern Railway Co. 9-26-1904

Chicago Suburban Railway Co. 7-13-1882

Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co. of Illinois 11-30-1910

Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co. 11-26-1910

Chippewa Valley and Superior Railway Co. 6-13-1881

Clinton and Dubuque Railroad Co. 8-15-1877

Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties Railway Co. 4-25-1899

Dakota and Great Southern Railway Co. 7-30-1883

Dakota Southern Railroad Co. 3-17-1871

Davenport and North Western Railway Co. 7-5-1876

Davenport and St. Paul Rail Road Co. 8-26-1868

Des Moines, Adel and Western Rail Road Co. 6-25-1875

Des Moines and Northern Railway Co. 12-23-1889

Des Moines and Northwestern Railway Co. 12-6-1887

Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway Co. 12-28-1891

Des Moines, Northern and Western Railway Co. 3-15-1895

Des Moines, Northwestern Railway Co. 10-7-1880

Des Moines Western Railway Co. 8-25-1871

Dubuque and Mac Gregor Railway Co. 1-15-1868

Dubuque and Minnesota Railway Co. 1-22-1869

Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Co. (Iowa) 8-15-1877

Dubuque, Bellevue and Mississippi Rail Way Co. 1-1-1870

Dubuque, Marion and Western Railroad Co. 11-17-1859

Dubuque, Platteville and Milwaukee Railroad Co. 4- -1867

Dubuque South Western Rail Road Co. 5-19-1863

Dubuque Western Rail Road Co. 9-7-1855

Duluth, Glencoe and Southwestern Railway Co. 4-19-1888

Duluth, St. Cloud, Glencoe and Mankato Railway Co. 1-10-1900

Eastern LaFayette and Mississippi Railway Co. 3-24-1871

Evansville & Richmond Railway Co. 5-27-1897

Evansville & Richmond Rail Road Co. 9-10-1888

Fargo and Southern Railway Co. 7-16-1881

Fargo & St. Louis Air Line Railroad Co. 7-9-1883

Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co. 10-10-1874

Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co  1-26-1876

Fond du Lac and Whitewater Railway Co. 12-26-1874

Fox Lake Railroad Co. 3-10-1859

Fox Lake and Wisconsin River Railroad Co. 3-5-1857

Gallatin Valley Electric Railway 3-23-1908

Gallatin Valley Railway Co. 9-9-1910

Gallatin Light, Power and Railway Co. 4-5-1892

Great Falls Terminal Railway Co. 4-3-1912

Hastings and Dakota Railway Co. 3-5-1867

Hastings, Minnesota River and Red River of the North Railroad Co. 2-20-1857

Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad 4-1-1907

Idaho and Western Railway Co. 12-27-1909

Iowa Eastern Railroad Co. 4-1-1872

Iron Ridge and Mayville Railroad Co. 4-10-1865

Janesville & Southeastern Railway Co. 3-1-1900

Janesville, Beloit and Rockford Railway Co. 3-11-1880

Kickapoo Valley and Northern Railway Co. 6-4-1889

LaCrosse and Onalaska Short Line Rail Road Co. 5-22-1883

LaCrosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Co. 4-2-1852

LaCrosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Co. 9-20-1856

LaCrosse and Milwaukee Railroad Co. 1-23-1854

Libertyville Rail-Way Co. 11-27-1878

Lisbon, Necedah & Lake Superior Railway Co. 10-23-1889

Longview, Portland & Northern

Madison and Portage Railroad Co. 2-25-1870

Madison and Prairie du Chien Rail Road Co. 3-24-1852

Madison, Fond du Lac and Michigan Railroad Co. 3-31-1855

Madison, Fond du Lac and Michigan Railroad Co. 8-7-1856

Maquoketa, Hurstville & Dubuque Rail Road Co. 8-3-1883

Markesan & Brandon Railway Co. 8-9-1882

Mason City and Minnesota Railway Co. 7-18-1870

Mazomanie, Sauk City and Prairie du Sac Rail Road Co. 12-21-1880

McGregor and Missouri River Railway Co. 11-1-1869

McGregor & Sioux City Railway Co. 12-10-1867

McGregor Western Railway Co. 1-19-1863

Menasha and Appleton Railway Co. 7-1-1879

Menominee Branch Railroad Co. 7-2-1883

Milwaukee and Fond du Lac Railroad Co. 4-21-1851

Milwaukee and Horicon Rail Road Co. 4-17-1852

Milwaukee & Minnesota Railroad Co. 5-24-1859

Milwaukee & Mississippi Rail Road Co. 2-1-1850

Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road Co. 5-24-1853

Milwaukee and Northern Railroad Co. 6-5-1880

Milwaukee and Northern Railroad Co. 9-2-1887

Milwaukee and Northern Railway Co. 2-24-1870

Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railway Co. 1-21-1861

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. 5-5-1863

Milwaukee and Superior Railroad Co. 3-4-1856

Milwaukee and Superior Railway Co. 12-11-1891

Milwaukee and Watertown Railroad Co. 3-11-1851

Milwaukee and Waukesha Rail Road Co. 2-11-1847

Milwaukee and Western Railroad Co. 3-16-1861

Milwaukee, Chicago, Cassville and Montana Railroad Co. 5- -1871

Milwaukee, Dexterville and Northern Railway Co. 8-26-1884

Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Green Bay Railroad Co. 6-27-1853

Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and Green Bay Railroad Co. 4-2-1853

Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls and Western Railway Co. 10-26-1885

Milwaukee Terminal Railway Co. 4-8-1908

Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad Co. 5-13-1858

Mineral Point Rail Road Co. 4-17-1852

Mineral Point Railroad Co. 11-18-1861

Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad Co. 3-1-1856

Minneapolis, Faribault and Cedar Valley Railroad Co.3-10-1862

Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad 5-23-1857

Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Co. 5-22-1857

Minnesota Central Railway Co. 2-1-1864

Minnesota Midland Railway Co. 12-30-1875

Mississippi Railroad Co. 2-15-1865

Montana Railroad Co. 9-4-1894

Nauvoo and Warsaw Railroad Co. 2-24-1847

Necedah and Camp Douglas Rail Road Co. 10-13-1874

Northern Illinois Railroad Co. 2-24-1859

Northern Illinois Rail Road Co. 6-13-1865

Northern Railway Co. 2-15-1865

Oconto and South Western Railway Co. 8-6-1889

Oglesby & Granville Railway Co. 9-14-1905

Olympia Southern Railway Co. 7-1-1913

Olympic Terminal Railway Co. 7-1-1913

Ontonagon and Brule River Railroad Co. 9-9-1880

Oshkosh and Mississippi River Railroad Co. 3-30-1866

Pacific & Eastern Railway Co. 10-22-1906

Pacific Railway Co. 10-13-1905

Pine River Valley & Stevens Point Rail Road Co. 8-5-1872

Platteville and Calamine Railroad Co. 3-15-1861

Pt. Ludlow, Pt. Angeles & Lake Crescent Railway 11-27-1911

Port Townsend Southern 8-19-1887

Port Townsend Railroad Co. 5-1-1944  Purch. 5/30/1975

Prairie du Chien and McGregor Railway Co. 10-10-1872

Priest Rapids Railway Co. 3-17-1907

Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Railway Co. 4-9-1913

Racine, Janesville and Mississippi Rail Road Co. 4-17-1852

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road Co. 2-21-1854

Racine and Mississippi Railroad Co. 3-31-1855

Republic Branch Railroad Co. 9-21-1881

Ripon and Wolf River Railroad Co. 3-31-1856

Rochelle & Southern Railway Co. 10-1-1902

Rockford Central Railroad Co. 3-9-1869

Rockton and Freeport Rail Road Co. 2-10-1853

Root River Valley and Southern Minnesota Rail Road Co. 3-2-1855

Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Rail Road Co. 2-10-1870

St. Croix & Superior Railroad Co. 1853

Saint Paul and Chicago Railway Co. 3-19-1867

Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. 3-10-1862

St. Louis, Des Moines and Northern Railway Co. 5-21-1881

Savanna Branch Railroad Co. 10-5-1849

Seattle, Port Angeles & Lake Crescent Railway 12-19-1911

Seattle, Port Angeles & Western Railway Co. 1-20-1915

Seattle Southeastern Railway Co. 9-12-1906

Sherry Cameron Co. 10-31-1891

Sioux City and Dakota Rail Road Co. 9-12-1879

Sioux City and Pembina Railway Co. 9-8-1870

Southern Indiana Railway Co. 5-27-1897

Southern Minnesota Railway Co. 3-9-1877

Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Co. 1-17-1878

Southern Minnesota Railroad Co. 5-23-1857

Southern Minnesota Railroad Co. 3-4-1864

Southern Wisconsin Rail Road Co. 4-7-1852

Stillwater and Hastings Railway Co. 4-9-1880

Sugar River Valley Railroad Co. 3-29-1855

Tacoma Eastern Railroad Co. 7-14-1890

Viroqua Railway Co. 5-23-1878

Warsaw and Rockford Railroad Co. 2-10-1849

Warsaw, Rock Island and Galena Railroad Co. 2-21-1863

Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Co. acq. 8-14-1961

Watertown and Madison Railroad Co. 3-17-1853

Watertown Rail Road Co. 11-14-1874

Waukon and Mississippi Railroad Co. 4-15-1875

Western Union Railroad Co. 1-16-1866

Western Union Rail Road Co. 1-27-1866

Western Union Railroad Co. 4-8-1876

Western Union Railroad Co. (Illinois) 2-21-1863

Western Union Railroad Co. (Wisconsin) 4-1-1863

White River Valley Railway Co. 1-19-1905

White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone Park Railway Co.

Winnebago Rail Road Co. 4-2-1853

Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad Co. 1-18-1881

Wisconsin Midland Railroad Co. 3-4-1887

Wisconsin, Pittsville and Superior Railway Co. 8-31-1882

Wisconsin Union Railroad Co. 4-11-1866

Wisconsin Valley Railroad Co. 3-16-1871

Wisconsin Western Railroad acqd 1903

Wood Country Railroad Co. 6-21-1883

Receivership, 1925

Albert Earling

Roswell Miller

Russell Sage