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Bookmark or Share- Milwaukee Road - WikipediaLength. 11,248 miles (18,102 km) (1929) 3,023 miles (4,865 km) (1984) 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.
- Milwaukee Road history - TrainsT. Harley photo. Milwaukee Road history begins with the Milwaukee & Waukesha Rail Road, which was chartered in 1847. Even before it laid its first rails in 1850, its name was changed to the Milwaukee & Mississippi. In 1851 it reached Waukesha, Wis., 20 miles west of Milwaukee.
- Legacy of the Milwaukee Road RailwayThe Milwaukee Road began in 1847, as a local carrier operating between Milwaukee and Wisconsin. By 1874, it had lines running through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The “Pacific Extension” of the Milwaukee Road was financed by Rockefeller money.
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- The Pacific Extension (Milwaukee Road) - American-Rails.comMilwaukee Road "Little Joe" E-71 leads a westbound time freight east of Avery, Idaho in August, 1972. American-Rails.com collection. Construction. In 1901 the first surveying work began and it was estimated the more than 1,400-mile western extension would cost the railroad around $45 million adding more than 25% to its total system mileage.
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