Wisconsin Code § 192.27

Connecting tracks and switching
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(1) When the
track of a railway corporation crosses the track of any other railway corporation at grade, or when their tracks and right-of-way
are adjacent, except in counties having a population of at least
150,000, the corporations shall, within 60 days after a written request of the office or the council or board of the city, town or village within which the tracks so cross or are adjacent, make a track
connection within such town, city or village to afford reasonable
and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their
respective lines for forwarding and delivering freight, and the expense thereof shall be borne equally by those corporations, unless
otherwise ordered by the office.
(2) Any railroad corporation neglecting or refusing to comply
with the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than $25
nor more than $100 for each offense. Each day that the violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense.

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