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 #1512550  by spRocket
 
I just took a quick look on Historic Aerials at some old topo maps of the area, and the trail right-of-way is definitely not an old railbed. The Wisconsin Central was west of the river, and the trail itself is within the river's flood plain, to the point that parts of the trail are sometimes closed due to flooding.