in
Chicago in 1904. After a proposed merger with
Northern Pacific Railway fell through in 1908, Wisconsin Central was leased by the
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, the "Old" Soo Line, in 1909. Controlling interest in the Soo Line, along with Wisconsin Central, was held by the
Canadian Pacific Railway. Wisconsin Central entered receivership in 1932, declared bankruptcy in 1944, and finally re-emerged from administration in 1954 as the Wisconsin Central Railroad. It was entirely merged into the new
Soo Line Railroad in 1961, which acquired the
Milwaukee Road in 1985 and was absorbed into the
Canadian Pacific Railway in 1990. ==See also==