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.

Today, what's left of the Milwaukee Road is cut up among different railroads and the best engineered route through the rugged Rockies and Cascades is but weeds and trails, a vital transportation artery no longer available to shippers and the American economy.

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.

What may be surprising to many is that the Milwaukee Road actually argued in favor of the BN merger, after having asked for and received minimal concessions to protect itself. Why would the Milwaukee's directors do this? Had they gone mad? Standing by while their 10,000 mile railroad was surrounded by a 27,000 mile Goliath?

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The Milwaukee Public Library became the official archival repository of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road, in 1981. The collection of materials at MPL is extensive and mostly unprocessed.

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as "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.

3 days ago · The Milwaukee Road (officially known as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) operated from 1847 until 1986. The Milwaukee Road started as the Milwaukee & Waukesha Rail Road. In 1901,

The Milwaukee Road, incorporated in 1847 as the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad Company, operated a 10,200-mile system stretching from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest into the 1970s.

This archive web site is one of the ways in which we work to make the history of the Milwaukee Road in Washington available for people to discover, to help them understand the social, economic, and technological importance of the railroad in the state.