After this disastrous fire, as well as for some other operating reasons, the Milwaukee Road made the decision to electrify the line (use electric locomotives) between Avery and Harlowton, Montana, a distance of 440 miles.

The Milwaukee Railroad Trail in Thompson Park, Montana, offers a scenic and historic hiking and biking experience through abandoned railroad tracks and tunnels. Montana's railroad history has helped shape the state in many ways, creating cities and railways that still exist to this day.

The Route of the Hiawatha - Scenic mountain bike or hike trail is 15 miles long with 10 large and dark train tunnels (Nine that you ride your bike thru.) and 7 sky-high trestles. The ride starts with a trip through the 1.661 mile long St. Paul Pass Tunnel, also known as the Taft Tunnel.

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.

The right-of-way once belonged to the Milwaukee Road as an important main line to the West Coast. The route was the last transcontinental one completed during the early 20th century, linking Chicago with the Pacific Northwest.

One of the most scenic stretches of historic railroad in the country. Trains used to traverse through 11 tunnels and over 9 high trestles, covering a 46-mile route that crossed the rugged Bitterroot Mountains between Idaho and Montana. Now, that splendor is open to bikers.

Nov 2, 2021 · Milwaukee Road history in a nutshell: A Milwaukee Road F7-class 4-6-4 steam locomotive leads an eastbound Hiawatha over the C&NW diamonds at Mayfair in northern Chicago in 1941. E. T. Harley photo. Milwaukee Road history begins with the Milwaukee & Waukesha Rail Road, which was chartered in 1847.

Milwaukee Road's train #15, the westbound "Olympian Hiawatha," exits Fish Creek Tunnel deep within western Montana's breathtaking backcountry on the late afternoon of May 27, 1953. Alas, nothing remains here today aside from an empty path. Sandy Goodrick photo.

Jun 25, 2023 · The Columbian, Milwaukee’s secondary Chicago-Seattle train, was discontinued in 1955, leaving just the Olympian Hiawatha in this corridor.

May 9, 2023 · The Historic “Milwaukee Road” // The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific RR, or better known as ’The Milwaukee Road’, was a wild ranging class I railroad that operated in the Midwest, High Plains, and Northwest region of the US from 1847 all the