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Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
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MILW
4587 at Daggett, CA, April 21st 2002. |
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Milwaukee
& Waukesha Rail Road chartered in 1847, opened in 1850 as Milwaukee &
Mississippi. Milwaukee & St. Paul, an 1863 reorganization of the 1858
La Crosse & Milwaukee, in 1872 acquired the St Paul & Chicago. In 1873
it built from Milwaukee to Chicago and added Chicago to its name to
become CM&StP. Between 1905-09 it built the Pacific Extension to Seattle
and Tacoma. After a 1925 bankruptcy, it emerged in 1928 as Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul & Pacific. Bankrupt again in 1977, it shed the Pacific extension
and other lines in 1980-83, then was courted by Chicago & North Western,
Grand Trunk Western, and Soo Line, and was awarded to Soo in February
1985. Soo Line merged the Milwaukee Road on January 1, 1986.
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Latest update: 02/16/2003.
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