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If you live in Milwaukee you'll know that this is probably the most photographed building in the city. That being said- i decided to take a picture of it :)
Help out my daughter, contribute your pictures to the MKE elevate campaign. Come on all you Milwaukee area artists, what do you see around the city that is making Milwaukee healthy or unhealthy. Email your pictures to MKEelevate@milwaukee.gov
The Milwaukee Road was a train from 1925 to 1928 and then changed it name to (CMStP&P) Chicago, Milwaukee, St, Paul, & Pacific Railroad. That rail lasted into 1977 and was absorbed by SOO Line in 1985.
SOO Line is the US subsidy of CN Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Choo- Choo! - This abandoned old car was found in North Iowa.
Beneath the Milwaukee skyline, Soo Line train 199 curves toward the North 25th Street overpass on a sunny Wisconsin afternoon of September 12, 1987. The train of matched blue UELX covered hoppers is powered by two former Milwaukee Road EMD SD40-2s, with lead motor No. 6365 all dressed up in classic (not) Soo Line “bandit” black patch colors.
Here's another Milwaukee Road electric image from my collection, this one shows Boxcab E50A at Butte Yard, in use as a helper set on Pipestone Pass circa 1973.
A couple of these 1915 built boxcabs were preserved for display; this one, Unit E50A+B (originally 10200A+B), the first one built, is at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Unit E57B, originally 10211B, is now preserved at Harlowton, Montana.
Evda dupe slide in my collection.
A trio of Milwaukee Road locomotives, led by EMD SD40-2 No. 146, leads Lakes States (Soo Line) train 18 at Brookfield, Wisconsin, on the morning of June 13, 1987. The train is passing a mishap to the right, and the scene does have a ‘Milwaukee Road ills at the end’ look even though it’s now technically Soo. The boxcar to on its side is likely due to the bad condition of the track in the siding and crossover switch, combined with a little too much speed rolling through it. With the car clear of the track, its back to business and clean up the mess later.
Lake States Transportation Division was set up by the Soo Line to spin off some of its system, much of it former Soo Line main lines and branches, after the Milwaukee Road merger on January 1, 1986. Most of these lines became Wisconsin Central on October 11, 1987.
The trackage going off to the left is the junction switch for the Milwaukee line to Waukesha, Milton Junction and Janesville. By the time of this photograph, portion of this route from Brookfield to Waukesha was out-of-service and red flagged.
Milwaukee E50 and friend moving freight in the yard at Cedar Falls, WA, 5-71. A couple of these 1915 built boxcabs were preserved for display- This one, Unit E50A+B (originally 10200A+B), the first one built, is at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. Unit E57B, originally 10211B, is now preserved at Harlowton, Montana.
Original slide in my collection, photographer unknown.
UP's Marsh Job picks up an empty boxcar at National Warehouse Corp in Milwaukee's Harbor View area. The crew is shoving all the way to the end of the short spur in order to make the hitch as a dip in the spur created difficulties coupling. The car was spotted Monday of that week, having been only the second load in about two months. High water levels and well below freezing temperatures had kept the KK River swing bridge frozen in the open position the previous week, resulting in two switches for the customer this week. The crew would replace the empty with another load of bagged salt/aggregate before returning to Jones Island. Milwaukee, WI
After arriving at the Cut Off from Waukesha, Lonnie captures an image of the scene from the cab of an SD10 while waiting for permission to yard his train.
Cut Off
Milwaukee, WI.
October 1975
Lonnie Maves photo
D.A.Longley collection
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Wisconsin & Southern train T4R, rolls westbound toward Milton just east of Palmyra with quite a mixed consist of power, including WAMX 1594, which started it's career as Milwaukee Road 496. The Milwaukee built Harley Davidson Soft-tail's rider, thought it was pretty neat that the trailing locomotive once called The Milwaukee Road it's home for nearly a decade.
WSOR T4R
WAMX 4188
HLCX 6313
WAMX 4172
3893
1594
Palmyra, WI.
Summer 2017
As Lonnie is shuffling power around at The Milwaukee Road's diesel house in Milwaukee, he captured this frame of the facility looking west near the Cut Off.
Milwaukee Road Service Area
Milwaukee, WI.
August 1974
Lonnie Maves Photo
D.A.Longley Collection
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Built in March 1966 by the Electro Motive Division of General Motors, The Milwaukee Road's 3000 horsepower GP40, 190, was in charge of the hottest trains on the massive system. In the late sixties, the 190 was renumbered to MILW 2010, where it would remain until getting SOO markings in 1986. On May 14, 2012, still working for the CP/SOO in a diminished capacity, the SOO 2010 works the G64 "Watertown Patrol" and showing it's neglect by the owner. The original number that EMD applied to the locomotive in La Grange IL. is more visible than it's re-numbering. Last year, after being deemed no longer needed by the locomotives third owner, the Canadian Pacific, the once proud steed was reduced to scrap iron and recycled.
Below is a link to a piece of this locomotive.
This photos is featured in Catchy Colors: White
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One of the Liners and car 751 wait the next call to duty in Milwaukee on November 9, 1962. Photographer unknown.
The Milwaukee Road first entered Madison in 1881 and built this station in 1906. This was once part of a through route for the Milwaukee Road between Austin, Minnesota, and Woonsocket, South Dakota. In South Dakota it is now only used between Wentworth and Madison to serve a large grain elevator.
This weeks Saturday Night Special is MILW U25B 5051 leading a train near seemingly always busy Cut-Off tower in Milwaukee. Credit goes to Mike Hoff for this fine view of MILW U-boat action after they made there late 70's return to the Midwest. May 31, 1978. Chuck Schwesinger collection.
Panorama of the Milwaukee skyline from across the frozen harbor. Captured at South Shore Park in Milwaukee, WI USA.
Running as sole power on the morning run from St.Maries to Plummer, STMA 101 struggles to keep a reasonable speed as they cross the former Milwaukee Road trestle at Peedee.
I love this City. I know a lot of people hate on Milwaukee, Wi but I think its one of the greatest cities out there! Come see for yourself! Especially During Summerfest
View from the lakefront walkway. Some of the summerfest stages are in this picture. This is a beautiful part of Milwaukee, I hope you enjoy it.
Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee County)
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The seat of Milwaukee County, the city is located on Lake Michigan's southwestern shore and was incorporated in 1846. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's July 1, 2019 estimate, Milwaukee had a population of 590,157, making it the 31st largest city in the United States and the fourth-largest city situated along one of the Great Lakes.
The first large wave of settlement to the areas that would later become Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee began in 1835, following removal of the tribes in the Council of Three Fires. Early that year it became known that Juneau and Kilbourn intended to lay out competing town-sites. By the year's end both had purchased their lands from the government and made their first sales. There were perhaps 100 new settlers in this year, mostly from New England and other Eastern states. On September 17, 1835, the first election was held in Milwaukee; the number of votes cast was 39. (1)
References (1) Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is an active lighthouse located in the Milwaukee harbor, just south of downtown. This aid to navigation is a 'sister' of the Kenosha North Pier Light. The station was established in 1872. It is west of the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and is near the outflow of the Milwaukee River—not far east of where that river converged with the Kinnickinnic River—into the Milwaukee Harbor and Lake Michigan. This light has a round steel tower with a round gallery and a ten-sided lantern. In 1926, the original 4th Order Fresnel lens was transferred to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, and that lens is now displayed at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The Fifth Order Fresnel lens—installed in 1926—was removed in 2005. The tower is newly painted circa 2007. The 5th Order lens is said to be on display also at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. According to one source: "The original lantern room had helical bar windows and is believed to [be] the one presently on the Breakwater Light." This is corroborated by the report that the Breakwater Light has a "round cast iron lantern room [that] features helical astragal" in the lantern. A Submarine cable runs from this light to the Milwaukee Breakwater Light, upon which a lighted danger warning is displayed. The light was recently painted, circa 2007. From 1872 until 1926, the light had its own keepers. Thereafter, this light, like all of the lights in the harbor, was serviced by the resident Lighthouse keepers who were stationed at the neighboring North Point Light Station until it was automated. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in September 2012.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Pierhead_Light
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
Early Milwaukee Road Little Joe's going through the then Milltown Reservoir. Bonner Junction is in the background. This was the access to the Milwaukee's Blackfoot branch up to Clearwater. Today the Milwaukee, reservoir and dam are gone. The Clark Fork is restored to its natural course, but evidence of the Milwaukee remain.
Current day view:
Photographer and date unknown. Photo from my collection.