Pacific Extension

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The Pacific Extension was the Milwaukee Road railroad’s ambitious early 20th-century transcontinental line that stretched from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest before ultimately being abandoned.

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Pacific Extension canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
transcontinental railroad route ⓘ
abandonmentStart 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Milwaukee Road’s Coast Extension ⓘ
builtBy Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway ⓘ
completionDate 1909 ⓘ
constructionStart 1906 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Bitterroot Range ⓘ
Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
declineFactors competition from other transcontinental railroads ⓘ
high maintenance costs ⓘ
loss of traffic to highways and pipelines ⓘ
electrification yes ⓘ
electrificationEnd 1974 ⓘ
electrificationStart 1914 ⓘ
electrificationSystem 3,000 V DC overhead line ⓘ
endPoint Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Portland

Seattle, Washington ⓘ
Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
finalAbandonmentDate 1980 ⓘ
hasStructure Columbia River bridges ⓘ
Snoqualmie Tunnel ⓘ
St. Paul Pass Tunnel ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of early 20th-century large-scale railroad electrification ⓘ
last major transcontinental railroad built in the contiguous United States ⓘ
knownFor longest mainline railroad electrification in the United States at the time ⓘ
notableSegmentNow Iron Horse State Park trail ⓘ
John Wayne Pioneer Trail ⓘ
Route of the Hiawatha Trail ⓘ
openingDate 1909 ⓘ
operatedBy Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
operatorBankruptcy Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad bankruptcy of 1977 ⓘ
partOf Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
passesThrough Idaho ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
peakEra 1920s ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger service between Midwest and Pacific Northwest ⓘ
transcontinental freight service ⓘ
shortName Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension ⓘ
startPoint Mobridge, South Dakota ⓘ
Twin Cities, Minnesota ⓘ
successorUse rail trail corridors ⓘ
state parks and recreational trails ⓘ
trafficType grain shipments ⓘ
interchange traffic with western railroads ⓘ
lumber and forest products ⓘ

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Milwaukee Road → abandonedSegment → Pacific Extension ⓘ