Hot spot: Prairie du Chien, Wis.

摘要

LOCATION: On the edge of southwestern Wisconsin, just above the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, lies the city of Prairie du Chien, home to more than 5,000 residents and two active railroads. BNSF Railways former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago-Twin Cities main line crosses Wisconsin & Southerns former Milwaukee Road tracks on the south side of town at Crawford Junction. Across the river at Marquette, Iowa, Canadian Pacific's former Iowa, Chicago & Eastern route hugs Old Man River's western shoreline, making for three railroads within a 3-mile radius.