Apr 2, 2013 · This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area.

Since 2020, our volunteers have been fabricating and installing three-quarter size replica Milwaukee Road style station signs at their historic locations along the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.

March 5, 1920. Milwaukee Road officials and press party inspection train from Seattle to Cle Elum commemorating the opening of the 207-mile Coast Division electrification; March 6, 1920 – Face-off between electric bi-polar and steam locomotive Kent, WA. The electric locomotive succeeds dramatically in this publicity event.

1969 Engineering Department Employee's Handbook. Chicago Switching District and Terre Haute Division ... /St. Paul Terminals; Seattle and Tacoma Terminals; Coast Division, 1943. Idaho Division, 1957 [George Shattuck Collection] Washington Division, 1976. Rocky Mountain Division, 1962. Rocky Mountain Division, 1964 [George Shattuck Collection ...

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.

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.

It began construction on the Pacific Extension in 1906 and completed the rail line into Tacoma, Washington in 1909. The Milwaukee Road placed division points approximately every 100 to 150 miles (240 km) apart.

The Pacific Extension was the successful attempt by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad (the Milwaukee Road) to build a transcontinental line over the Rocky and Cascade mountain ranges and reach the Pacific Northwest, specifically the Seattle area.

MILWAUKEE ROAD - COAST DIVISION - MAP AND TRAIN LIST. Montana Division and Washington Division Joint Time Table No. 3 - Wednesday, March 15, 1978. TRAIN LIST. Coast Division Runs by Sub-Division. West = West & South East = East & North (Note: In some cases pay mileage cannot be exactly reconciled with available time tables)