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The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Historic District consists of the historic right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as The Milwaukee Road) in the Bitterroot Mountains from East Portal, Montana (near St. Regis), to the mouth of Loop Creek, Idaho (near Pearson), a distance of 14.5 miles (23.3 km).
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 Milwaukee Road filed for bankruptcy in 1977. They sold their property in Sioux City to a farm machinery salvage company in 1981, and by 1987 it fell into a state of disrepair. [4] The Siouxland Historical Railroad Association acquired the property in 1995 and converted the facility into a museum, incorporating the roundhouse.
Railroad Model Road number Notes Image Wisconsin Central Ltd. (Ex - Fox River Valley Railroad) EMD SD24 [11] 2402 (CBQ 510) Ex-CBQ, previously restored back to its Fox River Valley Railroad appearance. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) FM H-10-44 [12] 767 Georgia Pacific Railway: Alco S-2: 73 (Ex - 63–146)
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, also known as the "Milwaukee Road", reputedly had control of the Tacoma Eastern as early as 1901. [6] In the 1890s, the Milwaukee Road's directors desired a connection from the Midwest to the Pacific coast. [7] The Tacoma Eastern was an appealing investment for the Milwaukee Road.
In 1916, the facilities at Harlowton gained international renown when the Milwaukee Road made the depot the eastern endpoint of an electrified section of rail which extended to Avery, Idaho. The electrified section was the longest stretch of electric railroad in the United States; Thomas Edison described the railroad as an "unmatched technical ...
Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the railroad became owned by the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, later known as the Milwaukee Road. In 1864, a new mainline with a shorter route was built between Milwaukee and Portage via Watertown, and by 1869, the Chestnut Street line had become an industrial branch line. [2]: 8
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed (commonly referred to as the Milwaukee Road Depot), now officially named The Depot, is a historic railroad depot in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. At its peak, the station served 29 trains per day.