Download or read book To Puget Sound Electrified a History of the Milwaukee Road s Coast Division written by John T. Gaertner and published by . This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the Milwaukee Road's attempt to remain viable as a major carrier in the early 1900's by launching an extension to Puget Sound in Washington state. As well as the main line to Seattle-Tacoma, the book covers feeders such as the Hanford, Everett, Enumclaw, Grays Harbor and Olympic Peninsula branches, the Tacoma Eastern, Bellingham Bay & British Columbia, Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor and Milwaukee Terminal, which sought to provide sufficient tonnage to make the extension financially successful. Shortly after completing construction, the decision was made to electrify the main line, making it one of the major such projects in the United States. The traffic never seemed to warrant such an extravagance, and the Milwaukee Road went into receivership in 1925 and again during the Great Depression. World War II saw traffic reach new highs as traffic moved to the Pacific front, but the Milwaukee continued to experience difficulty in competing with its competitors, the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Union Pacific. This situation was exacerbated by the merger of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970. Although merger protections opened up new gateways such as Portland, Oregon to the Milwaukee, the road was still unable to sustain itself, and the Coast Division was abandoned in 1980 as part of a drastic economy move.

Download or read book The Milwaukee Road written by Tom Murray and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2005-10-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true grit and glory days of one of America's greatest railroads come to dramatic life in this full-scale illustrated history by industry veteran Tom Murray. Words and pictures carry readers across the vast tracts of land and time traversed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific-better known to history as the Milwaukee Road. Ranging from the railroad's late-nineteenth-century beginnings to its purchase by onetime rival Soo Line in 1985, the book looks at The Milwaukee Road's famed streamlined Hiawatha passenger trains, the "Little Joe" electric locomotives, and the sprawling fabrication and repair facilities in its namesake city. Whether surveying the railroad's routes and the trains that plied them, and the people who worked behind the scenes, or focusing on the line's motive power, rolling stock, passenger and freight operations, The Milwaukee Road provides a broad-scale, brilliantly detailed portrait of a great railroad, an industry, and a bygone era.

Download or read book Milwaukee Road Remembered written by Jim Scribbins and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent railway historian furnishes a detailed history of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad, its groundbreaking service from Indiana to the Puget Sound, its pioneering use of electricity to move heavy trains over a long distance, and other technological advances. Reprint.

Download or read book Milwaukee Connection The Spokane to Butte written by Dale W. Jones and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1890s, the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Railways had a firm grip on all West Coast rail traffic. In 1905, Milwaukee Road officials voted to extend the line into Seattle, securing Pacific Coast markets. As the Milwaukee built into Montana, numerous obstacles emerged; frigid winter temperatures and steep mountain grades challenged steam-powered operations. In the early 1910s, electric locomotives became a viable alternative for steam engines in long-haul rail service; at the same time, waterpower for generating electricity was developing in the Northwest. The mines and smelters of Butte and Anaconda supplied the resources needed to electrify 440 miles of track in Montana and Idaho. The longevity of the Milwaukee Road electrification into the 1970s highlights the determination of faithful employees on what was known as America's Resourceful Railroad.

Download or read book Milwaukee Road 1928 1985 written by Jim Scribbins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This huge deluxe 312-page, 8 1/2 x 11” hardbound book tells the history of The Milwaukee Road in 10 chapters of authoritative text, and numerous quality black and white and color photographs! Special Locomotive and Passenger Train chapters are included. The book covers this transcontinental granger railroad between the years of 1928 and 1985. The Milwaukee was a proud line that faced many challenges during its lifetime including transportation rivals, overtaking five mountain ranges and staying afloat financially. Author Scribbins is an authority on The Milwaukee Road, having worked in the passenger, public relations and other departments, starting with the line in 1948. This is his fifth railroad book.

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Download or read book The Milwaukee Road written by August Derleth and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its incorporation in 1847 in Wisconsin Territory to its first run in 1851--twenty miles between Milwaukee and Waukesha--to its later position of far-flung power, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &Pacific Railroad Company had a vivid history. By 1948, the Milwaukee Road had more than 40,000 employees and maintained more than 10,000 miles of line in twelve states from Indiana to Washington. Also in 1948, August Derleth's popular and well-crafted corporate history celebrated the strength and status of this mighty carrier. On February 19, 1985, the railroad became a subsidiary of Soo Line Corporation and its identity vanished overnight. Nonetheless, it remains a romantic memory, and Derleth's book remains the only complete history of this innovative and dynamic railroad.

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Download or read book Milwaukee Road Remembered written by Jim Scribbins and published by Kalmbach Publishing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hiawatha Story written by Jim Scribbins and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1970.