The Milwaukee Road: A Brief History

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	THE LOOK OF THE EARLY DAYS on the Milwaukee at Waukesha, Wisconsin
	THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE to run in Wisconsin
	THE ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN at Kilbourn, Wisconsin in 1875
	THE MILWAUKEE STATION as it looked in 1887
	THE RAW, EMPTY LOOK OF THE PRAIRIES (North Dakota) in 1910
	THE OMAHA FREIGHT AND TICKET OFFICE (probably in the 1890's)
	THE MINNEAPOLIS TICKET OFFICE gleams
	the OLYMPIAN is shown on its first trip (in Deer Lodge, Montana, 1911)
	TEN-WHEELERS (commonly used for fast freight)
	Milwaukee Road system map showing historical development
	PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING paused at the Continental Divide in 1923
	No. 941, a Prairie-type K1-as
	No. 474, an L2b Mikado built by Baldwin in 1923
	THE FAMOUS PIONEER LIMITED, 1927
	THE "NEW" PIONEER LIMITED club car, 1927
	No. 6124 an F3 "Pacific" locomotive
	No. 6402, an F6 "Baltic"
	No. 100, an F7, 4-6-4 built for Hiawatha service
	The original 1935 Hiawatha
	No. 1602 was one of the early diesels, 1941
	THE OLYMPIAN HIAWATHA
	ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, one of the first streamline diesels for passenger use, 1941
	"LITTLE JOE" ELECTRICS pull freight through Eagle Nest tunnel
	SD-45, typical of the huge, versatile, powerful new locomotives
	The modern retarder yard at St. Paul, Minnesota
	GANTRY CRANES at the huge Piggyback Park at Bensenville, Illinois
	RECENT ADVANCES: the use of computers
	RECENT ADVANCES: 100-ton covered hoppers
	RECENT ADVANCES: a modernized suburban commuter fleet
	10,500 miles of modern railroad