The rail came from the Kettle Moraine Scenic RR at North Lake, Wisconsin, a far western suburb of Milwaukee. It was a portion of a former Milwaukee Road branch line that was about three miles long. It shut down in 2001 due to pressure from homeowners who built new McMansions adjacent to the line and didn't like the smoke and noise from the line's steam locomotives. The grade is now a walking and biking path. I was told the rail we bought was relaid on the line just before World War II, having been cropped down from 33-foot rails first. As Rick Rowlands mentioned above, he clued me about the rail, and I contacted the owner of the rail and made the deal to purchase up to two miles of it. Most of the track had been removed from the right-of-way and was stacked at the former terminal area. Sometime during the winter, however, someone evidently made off with as much as 70 or 80 pieces. Fortunately, they didn't take the joint bars. There is another similar amount of rail at a location in Illinois, and as soon as I am able to get a good count on it, I will arrange for trucking.