[4] At Cameron, the Wisconsin Northern splits, with WC trackage continuing north to Rice Lake and west to Almena.

In the past, traffic consisted of shipments of resins, scrap materials, lumber, logs, fertilizer, steel, feed grade grains, and tallow.

[citation needed] However, in December 2011, EOG Resources opened a frac sand processing plant.

This volume of traffic has required a total rebuilding of much of the trackage as well as construction of new interchange and car staging yards.

This new booming mining business, while making the Wisconsin Northern quite profitable, has also killed the railroad's hopes of expanding its trackage rights.