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Guide to the Milwaukee Road in Montana
The Montana Historical Society gives us a lively history of the Milwaukee Road and the engineering remaining in the state. That train bore the most euphonious name of any US The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific a chant of power and nostalgia. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
112 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1992
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July 20, 2020
It is a great book for what it is...a guide to an old railroad line. You would probably enjoy it if you already had an interest in exploring what used to be The Milwaukee Road. Great history with helpful directions and descriptions of what is left. Personally, I think the line is a wonderful rails-to-trails opportunity. Quick, interesting read...makes me want to go see it all for myself!
April 9, 2009
A short but prized tour of the Milwaukee Road railroad across Montana, from the North Dakota border to St. Paul Pass in Idaho. The Milwaukee Road - formally the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific - was built in the first decade of the twentieth century, and abandoned at the end of the seventh decade.
The book has three parts: an introduction giving the history of the railroad both at large and in Montana; a town-by-town tour of the line, highlighting surviving railroad buildings and points of interest; and lastly an attempt to explain the railroad's allure.
For the Milwaukee Road has a lot of fans for a railroad that, west of Miles City at least, has been gone since 1980. The last transcontinental railroad built was the first - and only - to disappear.
Mr. McCarter's book is invaluable to anyone looking to get to know the Milwaukee Road better; it also goes quite a ways in explaining what makes railroads so fascinating to some of us.
The book has three parts: an introduction giving the history of the railroad both at large and in Montana; a town-by-town tour of the line, highlighting surviving railroad buildings and points of interest; and lastly an attempt to explain the railroad's allure.
For the Milwaukee Road has a lot of fans for a railroad that, west of Miles City at least, has been gone since 1980. The last transcontinental railroad built was the first - and only - to disappear.
Mr. McCarter's book is invaluable to anyone looking to get to know the Milwaukee Road better; it also goes quite a ways in explaining what makes railroads so fascinating to some of us.
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