Rugby Junction is an unincorporated community in the town of Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

Rugby Junction, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°17′31″N 88°13′07″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Washington
Elevation	302 m (991 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1577803[1]

History

The night of October 16, 1901, two Chicago-bound freight trains collided on the Wisconsin Central Railway tracks between Colgate and Rugby Junction. Two cars derailed, but no injuries were reported.[2] The Wisconsin Central Railway amalgamated with the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie in 1961 to form the Soo Line Railroad. In a drastic effort to cut costs, the Soo Line created the Lake States Transportation Division, but that did not come out too good. The Soo Line sold its obtained Chicago-Minneapolis mainline (Waukesha Subdivision) to the Wisconsin Central Ltd. in 1987. The WC operated for fourteen years before being usurped by the Canadian National Railway in 2001.

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