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<p>In 1890, the Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western Railroad (KGB&W) was incorporated to construct a short extension of the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul Railroad (GBW&StP) from Green Bay, Wisconsin to Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The line opened in 1891, and in 1892, car ferries were constructed at Kewaunee. Two car ferry routes were used by the railroad, including one to connect with the Ann Arbor Railroad (AA) at Frankfort, Michigan and one to connect to the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) at Ludington, Michigan. The line became a subsidiary of the Green Bay & Western Railroad (GB&W) in 1896. The GB&W was an independent railroad, operating a connection between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. The railroad mainly served local traffic through the early 20th Century, and connected with most major railroads operating in Wisconsin. </p><p>By the mid-20th Century, the railroad was in decline, and new management took it over and revitalized the railroad into a "bridge line". As part of the revitalization, the car ferries gained importance, as it provided the eastern railroads with a suitable bypass of the congested railroad network in Chicago. The KGB&W would also be merged into the GB&W during the mid-20th Century. As traffic declined in the late 20th Century, the railroad began to fall into disrepair. The car ferries from Kewaunee closed in 1990. The GB&W was purchased by Wisconsin Central, Ltd. (WC) in 1993. The segment between Luxemburg, Wisconsin and Kewaunee was abandoned in 1998, and sold to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for trail use. WC was purchased by the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 2001, and became the American subsidiary of CN. In 2021, CN sold the remaining segment between Green Bay and Luxemburg to the Fox Valley & Lake Superior Rail System (FOXY). Today, FOXY continues to operate this segment. The Ahnapee State Trail uses the former railroad between Luxemburg and Kewaunee. </p>
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