Railroad photographs, ca. 1920-1950.

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Railroad photographs, ca. 1920-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173695200

Photographs of railroad locomotives, trains, and street cars, from various companies, including the Soo Line Railroad Company, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, and the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, ca. 1920-1950.

71 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924406

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company

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Mailer, Stanley H.,

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company

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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company or the "Milwaukee Road" opened in Montana in August, 1908. The company felt that to be competitive it had to expand its services to the Pacific Coast. Despite the fact that it had to buy most of its right away and avoid established areas, they were able to build 2,300 miles of track in three years. Along with building track from Glenham, South Dakota to Seattle, they absorbed local railways such as the famous Jawbone of Central Montana a...

Soo Line Railroad Company

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The Soo Line Railroad Company is the principal subsidiary of Soo Line Corp., a holding company involved in transportation and related real estate. Canadian Pacific Limited, a transportation, resource development, and manufacturing company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, in 1990 owned virtually 100% of the common stock of Soo Line Corp. Canadian Pacific interests have controlled the Soo Line and its predecessors since 1888. The M.St.P.&S.S.M. was popularly known as the "So...