Exhibit No. 23
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
To Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Administration Committee:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the previously filed registration
statement (No. 33-40820) on Form S-8 of Wisconsin Central Transportation
Corporation of our report dated September 8, 2000, relating to the statements of
net assets available for benefits of the Wisconsin Central Transportation
Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of June 30, 2000 and 1999 and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for each of
the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2000, which report appears in
the June 30, 2000, annual report on Form 11-K of Wisconsin Central
Transportation Corporation.
KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
September 27, 2000
