Milwauke Road Links

MOVIES & MULTIMEDIA

View - Montana: The last days of the Electrics YouTube Video (4:26 minutes)

View - 70+ 8mm films of trains and ships taken between the 1950's and 1970's.

View - Olympian Hiawatha in the yards at Harlowton Montana and then on a trip west of Harlow in the 1950's. YouTube Video (6:26 minutes)

View - Traveling in a speeder from Kittitas to Beverly and back, you'll experience a section man's view of the Milwaukee Road over the Saddle Mountains in 1953.

View - A World News site loaded with Milwaukee Road video clips; some as long as one half hour.

View - A slide show of the Milwaukee Road in South Dakota and twenty other film and video clips of the Milwaukee Road.

View - This site contains over fifteen minutes of color film of the Milwaukee Road shot in central Washington during the 1950’s and 1960s.

View - DANGER LIGHTS - This 1930 movie starring Jean Arthur was shot along the Milwaukee Road between Miles City and Lombard; much was shot in 16 mile canyon and around Harlowton.

View - The Railroad from Heaven to Hell YouTube Video

View - 16 mm film of the 1938 Hiawatha. YouTube Video

View - Commercial seller of railroad DVDs. Nice three volume set of the Milwaukee Road.

View - Commercial site Milwaukee Road videos available.

View - Commercial video site with Milwaukee Road content.

PHOTOS - MOSTLY

The Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension: Harlowton Montana, August 1974.

View - Milwaukee Railroad In Montana; contains quite a few photos from Harlowton.

View - This is called “The List” and is part of the Yahoo.com Milwaukee Road group’s universe.

View - A map of the 1944 Milwaukee Road northern division.

View - Features the photography of Dale Jones.

View - General photo site with Milwaukee Road photos.

View - Google Search for "Milwaukee Road Freight Car Photo Roster"

View - The Montana Railroad on Wikipedia.com

View - General photo site.

View - Lots of rolling stock and building photos; old and new.

View - Huge site of international railroad (and domestic) railroad photos – includes the Milwaukee Road.

View - LocoPhotos - Comprehensive Locomotive Arciving Many Milwaukee Photos.

View - Over 45,000 photos! Milwaukee Road included.

View - A good site for Milwaukee photos.

View - Photos from Wikimedia Commons. Category: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

View - Photos of rail rolling stock in the Chicago area. Includes some Milwaukee photos.

MILWAUKEE ROAD SITES

View - Depot plans & blueprints and train orders.

View - Over 8,700 surviving depots are plotted on dynamic Google maps.

View - This website details the Milwaukee Road’s history in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

View - A general site of railroads in the west.

View - An encyclopedia site covering the Milwaukee Road.

View - A blog dedicated to the iron horse state park (the old Milwaukee right of way) in Washington State.

View - This site remembers the Milwaukee Road in Washington State.

View - This website discusses why the Milwaukee Road failed.

View - This website includes a discussion of the Montana Power Company’s birth to serve the Milwaukee Road’s western electrification system.

View - A young woman’s blog about her stint as an intern working at the Milwaukee Road Archives in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Public Library.

View - A general site covering steam engines (including Milwaukee Road power).

View - A website dedicated to the Milwaukee Road’s fully restored dynamometer car.

View - A website dedicated to modern aerial views and descriptions of the former Milwaukee shops in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

View - Has many links to Milwaukee Road detail such as locomotives and motors.

View - Site for Milwaukee No. 261 restored steam locomotive.

View - An archival private site not affiliated with the Milwaukee Public Library.

View - The American Railroads: A Long and Storied History

View - Good photos of the Milwaukee Road rolling stock.

View - Photos of modern Montana Railroads.

View - Wisconsin short line museum site featuring former Milwaukee trackage.

View - John Crosby’s narrative of the Milwaukee’s Coastal Division.

View - Milwaukee depot restoration in Morrisonville, Wisconsin.

View - Milwaukee Road Mississippi River Color Train.

View - Encyclopedia Britannica feature on the Milwaukee Road.

View - South Dakota State University Milw. Road archives

View - Primarily CMSTPaul communications between 1913 and 1918.

View - New York Times article from 1916.

View - Great map of the Milwaukee Road early system.

View - Fabulous collection of Milwaukee documents.

View - Article regarding the Milwaukee’s purchase of the Milwaukee and Watertown RW from 1855.

View - 1901 New York Times article regarding possible western extension by CMSTPaul RW.

View - The Montana Railroad on Wikipedia.com

View - Story of the Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Company (Potlatch) eventually purchased by the Milwaukee Road in 1962.

View - Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

MILWAUKEE ROAD ORGANIZATIONS

View - The “premier” Milwaukee Road Historical Association site.

View - Milwaukee Road Heritage Center in Montevideo, Minnesota.

View - Preservation of the Milwaukee Shops History.

View - Site dedicated to the preservation of Milwaukee Road X-5000 – The Road’s Dynomometer car.

View - Site dedicated to the refurbished 1946 Hiawatha tap car designed by Brook Stevens.

View - Repair site connection. YouTube Video

View - Sussex-Lisbon Wisc. Area Historical Society. The story of the “bug line.”

View - Photos and history of the “Little Joe.”

NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ORGANIZATIONS

View - Cascade Rail Foundation Preserving the Milwaukee Road in Washington.

View - John Caar’s extensive railroad site. Lots of photos.

View - Northwest Rail Museum.

View - Photos and comments about abandoned rail sites in the Northwest.

View - Site includes maps and photos of abandoned railroads in the Pacific Northwest including the Milwaukee.

View - Features the Milwaukee Road artwork of Gary Pember.

View - Inland Empire Railway Historical Society (Spokane, Washington).

View - Western Montana chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in Missoula, Montana.

View - Fruit scenes from Kittitas County, Washington the Milwaukee Road.

View - Brochure form the Milwaukee Road circa 1910. Encyclopedia of Chicago.

View - Amazing list of Milwaukee Road employees killed and injured in Kittatas County, Washington in 1907-1909.

View - Great photograph of Alexander Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee Road during its formative years.

WAR AND THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

757th Engineer Railway Battalion
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Road

View - 'Working on the railroad' - Training

View - 'Home of Army Rail' and the 'Source of Power'

View - Fantastic photos and discharge papers from Henry Brill 757th Railway Shop Battalion.

View - 757th Transportation Battalion Lineage and Honors Information.

744th Railway Operating Battalion
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Road

View - Military Railway Unit Histories Held at MHI.

View - 744th Railway Operating Battalion

View - 720th 744th Railway Operating Battalions-World War II: The Homefront

View - History of the 744th by George B. Abdill reprinted from the Military Railway Service Journal - Jan 1959

View - Raoul Santos

View - Railway Operating Battalions

View - The Milwaukee Magazine: May 1944 (The 744th Takes Over)

View - The Milwaukee Magazine: August 1944

View - The Milwaukee Magazine: February 1946

View - The United States Army Chaplaincy 1920-1945

MILWAUKEE ROAD MODELERS

View - Modeler’s site includes the Milwaukee Road.

View - Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers.

View - Midwest Milwaukee Modelers’ Meet.

MILWAUKEE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY TRAILS

View - National trails organization dedicated to using former railroad rights of way for trails.

View - Redevelopment of the Milwaukee Shops area in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

View - Follow the Milwaukee Road in the Olympic Mountains West of Seattle.

View - Trail along the Route of the Hiawatha in Idaho.

View - Coeur d’Alenes and Hiawatha trails in Northern Idaho.

View - Trails at Cedar Butte, Washington.

View - Hiking former railroad rights-of-way in Montana.

MILWAUKEE ROAD LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

View - 1905 Court decision regarding mail hauling compensation on the CMSTPaul RW.

View - 1890 court decision in favor of the Milwaukee Road.

View - Analysis of the significance of the 1890 decision.

View - 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision lost by the CMSTPaul Railway.

View - 1867 U.S. Supreme Court decision lost by the Milwaukee Road.

View - Significant 1887 U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the bonds of the CMStPaul RW.

View - 1900 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. V. Bosworth, 179 U.S. 442 (1900)

View - 1907 decision of Wisc. Railroad Commission granting the Milwaukee the right to put in a siding.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

View - European Division of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association

View - Features the restoration of the old Milwaukee Depot in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

View - The Wisconsin State Historical Society.

View - Features over 5,000 links to railroad sites.

View - ABPR Archive.

View - Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society

View - Comprehensive University Railroad Research center which includes a Milwaukee Road collection.

View - Union Pacific Historical Society

View - Soo Line Historical Association

View - Denver, Rio Grande & Western Railway Historical Society

View - Railroad Station Historical Society

View - National Railway Historical Society

View - RAPPAHANNOCK CHAPTER National Railway Society

View - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Historical & Modeling Society

View - Chicago Northwestern Historical Society

View - Illinois Railroad Museum

View - Commercial sales railroad link site.

View - South Dakota State Historical Society

View - Map of Montana Railroad land grants.

View - Lists names of Montana towns and cities and how the name came to be.

WORLD WIDE WEB GROUPS

Here are several web groups you can join to get into the Milwaukee Road spirit.

View - Forum for diesel modelers

View - Railroadforums.com is a free online bulletin board for railroaders, railfans, model railroaders and anyone else who is interested in railroads. We cover a wide variety of topics, from the latest developments in today's railroading to the early days of railroading.

View - The Railroad Network

View - Milwaukee Passenger Trains

View - Milwaukee Road in the 80’s.

View - Several Milwaukee Road Groups

View - thewhistlepost.com/forums/chicago-milwaukee-st-paul-pacific

View - trainboard.com

View - TrainNet.org

View - yahoo.com/group/SooLineHistory

View - yahoo.com/groupmrhagbi

View - Trainorders.com