The Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Northwest was the home of giant women at least 1,000-feet tall, at least judging by the back cover of this brochure. The image is meant to convey the feeling of being “on top of the world,” … Continue reading
The Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road–the earliest predecessor of the Milwaukee Roads–operated its first train in 1850. To celebrate the centennial of that event, the Milwaukee issued this hardbound book in 1950. The book presents the history of the road … Continue reading
“No matter how your hopes may reach out to distant places and strange scenes–no matter what longing dreams of wonderlands beyond the humdrum daily life may be yours–here is a swift road that will sweep you away to your longed-for … Continue reading
In contrast with the cards shown a few days ago, these all have “Pacific” in the railroad name so are from after 1928. Also in contrast to some of the previous cards, these all appear to have been issued by … Continue reading
Soon after the Milwaukee went way over budget finishing its Pacific Extension in 1908, it decided to spend even more money electrifying the portions of the route in the Rocky and Cascade mountains. Electrification was all the rage in the … Continue reading
We’ve already seen Milwaukee timetables from 1968 and 1970. Here’s one in between. Where the 1968 timetable showed trains 15 & 16, the former Olympian Hiawatha, cut back to Aberdeen, South Dakota, this one dropped it entirely. Click image to … Continue reading
Although the cover says this is a brief history, it is actually pretty in depth. Unlike the Union Pacific histories, which glossed over that company’s nineteenth-century bankruptcy, this one doesn’t skip the financial troubles suffered by the Milwaukee after it … Continue reading
Between 1958 and 1962, Milwaukee’s timetable shrank from 40 to 24 pages. The big loss, of course, was the Olympian Hiawatha, which was cancelled in 1961. The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair led to a huge increase in passenger business for … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1956 timetable, and this one shows a variety of minor cut backs. For example, the number of daily trains between Chicago and Milwaukee was cut from nine to eight; train service from Milwaukee to Madison was … Continue reading
When the Milwaukee Road took over the Chicago-Omaha portion of Union Pacific’s passenger trains from Chicago & North Western, no doubt UP expected Milwaukee to do its best to advertise those trains. It may have even been eager to do … Continue reading
