Milwaukee Road

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The Milwaukee Road was a major American railroad that operated an extensive Midwestern and Pacific Northwest network, noted especially for its electrified mountain routes and eventual bankruptcy in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (8)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abandonedSegment Pacific Extension ⓘ
abandonmentOfPacificExtension early 1980s ⓘ
beganOperation 19th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateFormed 1928 ⓘ
electrificationBegan 1914 ⓘ
electrificationEnded 1974 ⓘ
electrifiedDivision Coast Division ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Division ⓘ
endedOperation 1986 ⓘ
fate bankruptcy and sale of assets ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy 1977 ⓘ
formedBy reorganization of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway ⓘ
hadFinancialProblems chronic undercapitalization ⓘ
competition from other transcontinental railroads ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
heritagePreservedBy preserved locomotives and rolling stock ⓘ
railroad museums ⓘ
knownForInnovation early adoption of mainline electrification ⓘ
streamlined passenger equipment ⓘ
mainLine Chicago–Pacific Northwest route ⓘ
Chicago–Twin Cities route ⓘ
notableFor electrified mountain main lines ⓘ
high-speed Hiawatha services ⓘ
long-distance passenger trains ⓘ
officialName Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
operatedPassengerTrain Afternoon Hiawatha ⓘ
Hiawatha ⓘ
Morning Hiawatha ⓘ
Olympian ⓘ
Olympian Hiawatha ⓘ
Pioneer Limited ⓘ
Twin Cities Hiawatha ⓘ
predecessor Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway ⓘ
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
primaryFreightTraffic coal ⓘ
grain ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
reachedCity Portland, Oregon ⓘ
Seattle, Washington ⓘ
Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
servedCity Butte, Montana ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee

Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis

Sioux Falls, South Dakota ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
servedState Idaho ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
shortName CMStP&P ⓘ
successor Burlington Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
Soo Line Railroad ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedElectricCurrentType 3,000 V DC ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USRA standard gondola car design → usedBy → Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee Road → predecessor → Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Byron Kilbourn → founded → Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Lake Michigan rail car ferries → usedBy → Milwaukee Road ⓘ
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad → nickname → The Milwaukee Road ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad → heritagePreservedBy → Milwaukee Road Historical Association ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
CMStP&P → associatedWith → Milwaukee Road logo ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Coast Division → alsoKnownAs → Milwaukee Road Coast Division ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Olympian → operatedOn → Milwaukee Road main line ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Road
Olympian Hiawatha → operator → Milwaukee Road ⓘ
Twin Cities Hiawatha → operator → Milwaukee Road ⓘ