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Milwaukee Shops — 1885: Originally No. 37, renumbered 58 in 1898, then 1057 in 1899. [4] 1004: G8: 4-6-0: Milwaukee Road (r/b) 19543: September 1920: Rebuilt from class B4 no. 4335 (Baldwin 19543 of 1901) and numbered 2404; renumbered 1004 in 1938 [5] 1416: I5-a: 0-6-0: Milwaukee Shops — April 1908: Originally 1207, renumbered 1416 in 1938 ...
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was officially founded in Milwaukee in 1932—though it started years earlier when seven-year-old William K. (Bill) Walthers got his first taste of the hobby with a small, wind-up toy train for Christmas. He continued with the hobby and eventually had an attic layout composed primarily of his scratch-built creations.
The Milwaukee F7s are accepted as the fastest steam locomotives by a different measure—scheduled speed between stations. In 1939, shortly after they were introduced into passenger service, the Twin Cities Hiawatha schedule was modified such that the engines would need to run the 78.3 mi (126.0 km) between Portage and Sparta, Wisconsin in 58 ...
The MCFLS provides a number of useful services to any person who is a member of one of its libraries. These services allow the person to use any member library as if they belonged to it, such as searching all libraries' collection through a common catalog system, checking out any library's materials through the internet, and requesting them to be delivered to a closer library.
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad, Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway: Ashland Railway: CNW: 1882 1885 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway: Ashland, Odanah and Marengo Railway: AO&M 1902 1921 N/A Baraboo Air Line Railroad: CNW: 1870 1871 Chicago and North Western Railway: Bayfield Harbor and Great Western Railroad
The Milwaukee Public Library can trace its lineage back to 1847 when the Young Men's Association started a subscription library that collected dues from its members. The group rented space for its library in a number of locations over the years and expanded into sponsoring a lecture series with such important speakers as Horace Mann , Horace ...
Jan Serr was born in Dayton, Ohio, and spent her formative years in Phoenix, Arizona, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] Music was an integral part of her early life. She began studies in classical music, training primarily in voice and piano with additional work in music theory and French horn between the ages of eight and twenty.
Malleable Iron Range Company was a company that produced kitchen ranges made of malleable iron and other related products. The company existed from 1896 to 1985. Its primary trademark was Monarch and it was often referred to as the Monarch Company.