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The line dates back to 1907, when it was a part of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company line from East Troy to Milwaukee. [2] [3] [4]The East Troy-Mukwonago segment was purchased by the Village of East Troy in 1939, when the remainder of the line to Hales Corners was abandoned.
The Waukesha Beach Railway was formally opened on June 25, 1895. The first interurban ran between Milwaukee and Kenosha on June 1, 1897. Other lines soon reached Watertown, Burlington, and East Troy. In 1922, TMER&L acquired the Milwaukee Northern Railway and added their Milwaukee to Sheboygan interurban line to the system.
East Chicago Rail Terminal (ECRT) East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad (ECBR) East Erie Commercial Railroad (EEC) East Jersey Railroad (EJR) East Ohio Valley Railway (EOVR) East Penn Railroad (ESPN) East Tennessee Railway (ETRY) East Terminal Railway (ECTR) East Troy Electric Railroad (METW) Eastern Alabama Railway (EARY) Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (reporting mark CNSM), also known as the North Shore Line, was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service over an 88.9-mile (143.1 km) route between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee, as well as an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) branch line between the villages of Lake Bluff and Mundelein, Illinois.
State Line and Union Railroad: CNW: 1871 1880 Elgin and State Line Railroad: Sugar River Valley Railroad: MILW: 1855 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: Superior, Balsam Lake and Southern Railway: CP: 1900 1901 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway: Superior Belt Line and Terminal Railway: GN: 1891 1900
Chicago and Indiana State Line Railway: NYC: 1880 1898 Chicago Junction Railway: Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway: CI&L, CIL MON: 1897 1956 Monon Railroad: Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis Short Line Railway: NYC: 1903 1913 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: Chicago and Iowa Railroad: CB&Q: 1869 1899
Railroad AAR rep. mark Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL) BAYL Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR) CORP Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad: CFE Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (IL and IN) CSS Cimarron Valley Railroad (CO, KS, and OK) CVR Deseret Power Railroad (CO and UT) DPRW Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads) RLIX
The cars ran 19 hours on normal days, and to improve revenue, the system carried freight for Kohler Co., local cheese factories, and quarries. Gradually, the system added track until by 1908, the rail line had extended service to Elkhart Lake.