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 next day, April 3,1970, the Milwaukee filed a petition to be included in the Union Pacific-Rock Island merger. Nothing would come of it, but the mission in the boardroom had obviously become one of finding a savior.

Nov 2, 2021 · In 1955 Union Pacific moved its passenger trains from the Chicago & North Western to Milwaukee’s Chicago–Council Bluffs route, and in the early 1960s Milwaukee Road modernized its Chicago suburban service.

Together with yesterday’s timetable, we have snapshots of Milwaukee Road passenger operations before and after Union Pacific transferred its trains from Chicago & North Western to the Milwaukee.

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,

Oct 11, 2013 · The Milwaukee Road played an important role in developing skiing in the Northwest. Seeing the success of Union Pacific’s Sun Valley, Idaho ski resort that opened in 1936, the railroad opened the Milwaukee Ski Bowl in 1938, at its Hyak stop on the east portal of its tunnel under Snoqualmie Pass.

In 1955, the Milwaukee Road took over from the Chicago and North Western's handling of Union Pacific's streamliner trains between Chicago and Omaha. The whole railroad industry found itself in decline in the late 1950s and the 1960s, but the Milwaukee Road was hit particularly hard.

Nov 6, 2024 · A complete system map of Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension from 1944, including the railroad as a whole: blue denotes the Pacific Extension while purple denotes the route's electrified components. Author's collection.

Myth 11: The Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension was built without being benefited by land grants. Many of the first transcontinental railroads, such as Union Pacific and Northern Pacific, were known as recipients of land grants to allow their construction.

Nov 6, 2024 · Seattle Union Station was Union Pacific's and later Milwaukee Road's terminal to the city. It opened in 1911 and was electrified in 1927 for the CMStP&P. Service ended there in 1971.