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Milwaukee Road In Color Vol 3 Wisconsin & Michigan William Strauss Morning Sun B
The Milwaukee Road In Color Vol 3 Wisconsin & Michigan by William F Strauss
Hard Cover w/Dust jacket
128 pages
Copyright 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BEFORE DEPARTING MILWAUKEE5
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE RAILROAD
MILWAUKEE-LA CROSSE - 40's & 50's21 MAINLINE IN THE MEMORABLE YEARS
MILWAUKEE-LA CROSSE - 60's & 70's31
A PERIOD OF TRANSITION
CHICAGO-MILWAUKEE53
THE MILWAUKEE'S COMPETITIVE RACETRACK
MADISON56
SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN'S TERMINAL, MADISON-PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, MADISON-PORTAGE, MADISON-WATERTOWN, MADISON-JANESVILLE
JANESVILLE66
CROSSROADS OF RURAL WISCONSIN, JANESVILLE-BELOIT, JANESVILLE-MINERAL POINT, JANESVILLE-BROOKFIELD
RACINE-KITTREDGE78
HISTORY RIDES THE "SOUTHWESTERN"
MILWAUKEE - CHANNING - ONTONOGON - CHANNING - CHAMPION - CALUMET 81 THE SUPERIOR DIVISION-GATEWAY TO THE UPPER PENINSULA AND ORE COUNTRY
THE NORTHERN DIVISION92
TAPPING WISCONSIN'S AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL DEPOSITS
NEW LISBON-WOODRUFF95
GATEWAY TO WISCONSIN'S NORTH WOODS
DIESELS IN DAIRYLAND99
SECOND GENERATION AND REBUILT POWER, IN THE BADGER STATE, THE MAIN LINE, REESEVILLE RUN-A-ROUND, SECONDARY MAINS AND BRANCHES, SPARTA-VIROQUA
HIAWATHA RENAISSANCE 122 RETURN OF THE RUNNING INDIAN
INTRODUCTION
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad always held a strong association with the city of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. This special relationship dates back to 1847 when its predecessor, the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad was formally incorporated. The city of Milwaukee was the birthplace of the Road and has remained the citadel of the 10,671 mile railroad.
Although the C.M.& St.P. was incorporated in the state of Illinois and headquartered in Chicago, the heart and soul of the railroad were in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Shops (MS), nestled in the Menominee River Valley, were built during the 1870's and became the Road's largest car and locomotive construction and repair facility. Much of the Milwaukee Road's personality and appeal was generated by its distinctive rolling stock designed and built by the "Shops."
Blessed with the ingenuity of Karl F. Nystrom, the Roads Chief Mechanical Officer, and C. H. Bilty, Mechanical Engineer, the MS developed and perfected lightweight passenger and freight car construction. In 1934, using newly developed lightweight steel alloys and revolutionary welding techniques, the skilled craftsmen at the Shops placed the Milwaukee Road at the forefront of streamlining in the United States. The MS was able to produce cars faster and at less cost than other car builders. MS was the birthplace of 5 generations of HIAWATHAS, each carrying distinctive Beaver-Tails or Skytop Observation cars that were unique to all of railroading. The Shops also produced thousands of freight cars. Continually trying to reduce weight while maintaining the structural integrity of equipment, Nystrom and Bilty experimented with different construction techniques. Their designs, incorporating the use of horizontal ribs for strength, became a Milwaukee Road trademark on freight and passenger equipment. The MS produced over 67,000 cars. During the post-war freight car shortage, the Shops turned out twenty 40 ft. boxcars every 16 hours, a tribute to the genius, craftsmanship and productivity of its employees.
The railroad's historical ties to its hometown were also exemplified by the prominent positioning of Milwaukee on its corporate emblem. The rectangular red herald, dating back to 1880, had several variations through the years, but the Road's hometown name of Milwaukee was always of prominent size and position. During the railroad's restructuring in 1927, the newly formed Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad referred to itself as The Milwaukee Road in advertising and public timetables, whereas the former C.M.& St. P had been commonly known as The St. Paul Road The new Road also replaced Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul on the letterboards of its passenger equipment with The Milwaukee Road, prominently displaying the Road's new moniker. On February 2, 1953 the corporate herald was officially changed to The Milwaukee Road.
With the exception of bringing in President Henry A. Scandrett from the Union Pacific, the C.M.St.P&P. retained the resourceful, innovative management of The St. Paul Road. During the 1927 reorganization, the officers continued to make improvements, expand and experiment with the Road's limited resources. The Road's management philosophy and independent thinking gave the Milwaukee an enviable reputation and national prestige among railroads.
This book looks at The Milwaukee Road in its home state of Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Wisconsin had over 1572 miles of Milwaukee Road trackage. Its diverse operations included a double-tracked main line between Chicago and the Twin Cities, route of the 100 plus m.p.h. HIAWATHAS, and heavy manifest freights. Secondary main lines extended deep into the north woods and west to the Mississippi River. Access to rural Wisconsin was provided over fragile branch lines, paths allowing only ancient ten-wheelers and the lightest six-axle locomotives. This, and everything in between, was The Milwaukee Road in Wisconsin.
Though the railroad, as a corporate entity, has been dissolved on paper, The Milwaukee Road has left its signature on American railroading and with its admirers. Regardless of where you were on The Milwaukee Road, Tacoma to Terre Haute, the railroad's flavor and personality, conceived in Milwaukee, were always present. We are in debt to those who have provided us with a vivid portrait of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, a unique and colorful railroad!
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