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Re: "Also of note is the Milwaukee Road Catenary Wire"

Author: George Andrews

Date: 06-24-2020 - 20:06

Just to Muddy Up the Waters a Bit More -- The " Milwaukee Road " tracks shown were actually owned - at the time of the photos - by Burlington Northern !!!
The Milwaukee Road's Mantra was cheap - Cheaper - CHEAPEST. Why build their own tracks when they could obtain trackage rights ? In this case it was with small Puget Sound Shortline Pacific Coast RR., which MILW used between Maple Valley & Black River Jct., then PCRR again from Black River North to almost Seattle Union Station. ( The line from Black River Jct. South to Tacoma was built by Milwaukee, with EwePee obtaining trackage rights later. ) PCRR was actually the first permanent railroad built in Puget Sound, running from coal mines in Newcastle & Black Diamond to tidewater at Seattle's Elliott Bay ( about where the Coast Guard Base is today. ) In later years Milwaukee Road's traffic would dwarf the PCRR's minuscule daily freight from the Black Diamond mines and a clay pipe plant. Great Northern would buy PCRR in the 1950's, sooo BN would actually host their " Competitor " from March, 1970 till the sad end of Milwaukee Road Lines West in March,1980.

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Re: 1972 Coast Starlight	George Andrews	06-24-2020 - 17:49
"Also of note is the Milwaukee Road Catenary Wire"	Full Series Sap	06-24-2020 - 18:49
Re: "Also of note is the Milwaukee Road Catenary Wire"	George Andrews	06-24-2020 - 20:06
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George Andrews Wrote:
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> Just to Muddy Up the Waters a Bit More -- The "
> Milwaukee Road " tracks shown were actually owned
> - at the time of the photos - by Burlington
> Northern !!!
>  The Milwaukee Road's Mantra was cheap - Cheaper -
> CHEAPEST. Why build their own tracks when they
> could obtain trackage rights ? In this case it was
> with small Puget Sound Shortline Pacific Coast
> RR., which MILW used between Maple Valley & Black
> River Jct., then PCRR again from Black River North
> to almost Seattle Union Station. ( The line from
> Black River Jct. South to Tacoma was built by
> Milwaukee, with EwePee obtaining trackage rights
> later. ) PCRR was actually the first permanent
> railroad built in Puget Sound, running from coal
> mines in Newcastle & Black Diamond to tidewater at
> Seattle's Elliott Bay ( about where the Coast
> Guard Base is today. ) In later years Milwaukee
> Road's traffic would dwarf the PCRR's minuscule
> daily freight from the Black Diamond mines and a
> clay pipe plant. Great Northern would buy PCRR in
> the 1950's, sooo BN would actually host their "
> Competitor " from March, 1970 till the sad end of
> Milwaukee Road Lines West in March,1980.

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