Milwaukee Road Traffic Department Records, 1884-1985

Contents List

Container Title
Series: 1. Agricultural and Mineral Development Department, 1929-1971
Scope and Content Note: The Agricultural and Mineral Development Department records contain materials on the agricultural activities of the Milwaukee Road, including Brochures, which include crop and climate information about states along the Milwaukee Road route; a Crop Report, detailing climate conditions of Milwaukee Road Crop Districts; correspondence from Lyman Horton, who was the Agricultural and Mineral Development Commissioner; Number of Crop Carloads from Milwaukee Road Stations, which provides a state-by-state comparison of carloads of crops shipped by the Milwaukee Road; a Report of Activities, describing various projects of the department; Trends in Fertilizer Consumption, showing charts and tables for fertilizer consumption by states served by the Milwaukee Road; and various publications.
Brochures
Box   17
Folder   1
Government Homesteads, circa 1920-1930
Box   17
Folder   2
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, circa 1940-1960
Box   17
Folder   3
Miscellaneous, circa 1920-1940
Box   1
Folder   1
Montana, 1929, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, undated
Box   17
Folder   4
Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, circa 1940-1960
Box   17
Folder   5
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, circa 1940-1950
Box   1
Folder   3
Crop Report, 1971
Box   1
Folder   4
Horton, Lyman, correspondence, 1946-1970
Box   1
Folder   5
Number of Crop Carloads from Milwaukee Road Stations, 1965-1971
Publications
Box   17
Folder   6
Farm Products Shipped in 1923 from Trans-Missouri Territory, undated
Box   17
Folder   7
Selected List of Corn Belt Farms in Southern Minnesota, Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Northwestern Missouri, undated
Box   17
Folder   8
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in Montana, undated
Box   17
Folder   9
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in North Dakota and South Dakota, undated
Box   17
Folder   10
Selected List of Farms and Ranches in Washington and Idaho, undated
Box   17
Folder   11
Selected List of Farms, Water Frontage Properties, and Cut-Over Lands in Upper Wisconsin and Michigan, undated
Box   17
Folder   12
Where to Select a Farm Home and Why, circa 1930-1950
Box   1
Folder   6
Report of Activities, 1947
Box   1
Folder   7
Trends in Fertilizer Consumption for States Served by the Milwaukee Road, 1968
Series: 2. Freight Department, 1896-1985
Scope and Content Note: This series contains records from the Freight Department, including materials such as Advertisements in newspapers for piggyback freight cars; Atlas of Traffic Maps, which shows routes of various freight associations throughout the United States; List of Officers, Agents and Stations, detailing the organizational structure of the Milwaukee Road for various years; Management Training Program, which provides terminal maps, a freight yard pamphlet and commentary on several railroad departments; and the Official Freight Shippers Guide and Directory, which contains an alphabetical listing of stations, lists of track scales, and a detailed description of cities and towns along the Milwaukee Road.
Box   1
Folder   8-9
Advertisements, 1965-1973
Box   1
Folder   10
Atlas of Traffic Maps, 1924
Brochures
Box   1
Folder   11
Miscellaneous, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
XL Special, Thunderhawk and Piggyback Services, 1963-1967
Box   17
Folder   13
The Cabooseless Train, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Circulars, 1916-1917
Box   2
Folder   1
Condensed Schedules of Fast Freight Trains, 1953, 1964
Box   17
Folder   14
Freight Car Supply Legislation, Senate Bills 4463 and 4464, 1970
Box   17
Folder   15
Freight Service Guide Showing Time Freights Between Principle Stations, 1984
Box   17
Folder   16
Freight Traffic Density by Divisions and Direction, 1942
Box   17
Folder   17
Hazardous Materials, undated
Box   17
Folder   18
Intermodal Fuel Consumption Comparison, 1979
Box   17
Folder   19
Interstate Commerce Commission Regulations for the Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles by Freight, 1914-1922
Box   17
Folder   20
List of Industries Located at Stations Served by Milwaukee Road, 1973-1974
List of Officers, Agents and Stations
Box   2
Folder   2
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway, 1911
Box   2
Folder   3
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, 1915-1925
Box   2
Folder   4
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1928-1930
Box   2
Folder   5
Management Training Program, 1967
Box   17
Folder   21
Memorandum of Understanding with Southern Pacific, 1977
Box   2
Folder   6
Official Freight Shippers Guide and Directory of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1942
Box   17
Folder   22
Passenger and Freight Car Equipment, 1896
Box   2
Folder   7
Policies, 1961
Box   17
Folder   23
Profit Centers, 1973, undated
Box   17
Folder   24
Railway Freight Equipment Identification Manual, 1972
Box   2
Folder   8
Tariff Naming Rates on Gypsum, Plaster, Lime, Stucco and Cement in Carloads from Hanover and Heath, Montana, 1940
Box   17
Folder   25
Tariffs, 1968, 1985
Series: 3. Passenger Department, 1884-1982
Scope and Content Note: The Passenger Department series includes Advertisements for various passenger trains; Brochures, which highlight historical sites in various states; the Chicago Area Metropolitan Transportation System Act, which documents Chicago’s six railroads attempting to create one mass transportation system; Consists, which provide a listing of railroad cars from front to back of the train; Discontinuance of Trains, including correspondence, court documents, newspaper articles, press releases and a list of discontinued trains; Hiawatha, which provides historical data on the first steam locomotives to be built streamlined; the Olympian, which contains brochures and historical information related to an early transcontinental train of the Milwaukee Road; “On the Bi Level”, a commuter newsletter published by the Milwaukee Road suburban service staff; Passenger and Law Committee, which contains correspondence and handouts from committee meetings; Project Transi-Plan, consisting of correspondence, press releases and newspaper articles about a program between businesses and government for improving suburban service; various publications produced by the Passenger Department; Regional Transportation Authority, containing an annual report, court proceedings, correspondence, press releases and clippings, and a purchase of service agreement; and the Ticket Office, containing correspondence of a consolidation with Chicago and North Western Railroad, new depot, sales commendation correspondence, and ticket forms.
Box   2
Folder   9
Advertisements, 1965
Box   3
Folder   1-5
Advertisements, 1965-1970
Box   17
Folder   26
Baggage Rules, 1901
Brochures
Box   3
Folder   6
California, Colorado, Montana, and Utah, 1907-1916, 1946, undated
Box   3
Folder   7
South Dakota, 1911, undated
Box   3
Folder   8
Wisconsin and Wyoming, circa 1920s
Box   4
Folder   1
Chicago Metropolitan Area Transportation System Act, 1971-1972
Box   17
Folder   27
Clearance Distances for Car Loadings, 1941
Box   4
Folder   2
Commuter Count by Stations on the Dubuque and Illinois Division, 1971-1973
Box   4
Folder   3
Commuter Services Committee, correspondence, 1977-1978
Box   18
Folder   1
Condition of Passenger Equipment and Escort Reports, 1965
Box   4
Folder   4
Conductors’ Rule Book, 1976
Box   4
Folder   5
Consists, 1956-1978
Box   18
Folder   2-3
Consists, 1953-1978, undated
Consolidation of Trains 105 and 111 with Trains 103 and 101 and Consolidation of Trains 106 and 112 with Trains 104 and 102 (City Trains) Between Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska
Box   4
Folder   6
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   4
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1968-1970
Box   4
Folder   8
Petition of Milwaukee Road Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, 1968
Box   4
Folder   9
Reply Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, 1969
Discontinuance of Trains 1 and 4 (Pioneer Limited) Between Chicago and Minneapolis
Box   4
Folder   10
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1970
Box   4
Folder   11
Correspondence, 1970
Box   4
Folder   12
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1970
Box   4
Folder   13
Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1970
Box   5
Folder   1
Statement of Lloyd Wandtke, 1970
Box   5
Folder   2
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1970
Discontinuance of Trains 2 and 3 (Afternoon Hiawatha) Between Chicago and Minneapolis
Box   5
Folder   3
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   5
Folder   4
Correspondence, 1969-1972
Box   5
Folder   5
Number of Revenue Passengers Handled in Special Groups, 1968-1969
Box   5
Folder   6-7
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1969-1970
Box   5
Folder   8
Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1970
Box   5
Folder   9
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   18
Folder   4
Discontinuance of Trains 5 and 6 Between Mobridge, South Dakota and the North Dakota Boundary, testimony of the Milwaukee Road before the Public Utilities Commission, 1949
Box   5
Folder   10
Discontinuance of Trains 9, 10, 48 and 49 Between Milwaukee and Calumet, Michigan, rail carriers’ reply to petitions for reconsideration before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1968
Box   18
Folder   5
Discontinuance of Trains 11 and 22 (The Sioux) Between Madison, Wisconsin and Canton, South Dakota, 1959
Discontinuance of Trains 12 and 23 (Cannonball) Between Milwaukee and Watertown, Wisconsin
Box   5
Folder   11-12
Correspondence, 1959-1969
Box   6
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1970-1972
Box   6
Folder   2
Petition of Milwaukee Road Before the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, 1971
Box   6
Folder   3
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1967-1980
Discontinuance of Trains 15 and 16 Between Aberdeen, South Dakota and Deer Lodge, Montana
Box   6
Folder   4
Correspondence, 1963-1964
Box   6
Folder   5
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1961-1964
Box   6
Folder   6
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1963
Box   18
Folder   6
Discontinuance of Trains 15 and 16 Between Miles City and Butte, Montana, correspondence relating to Railroad Post Office, 1956-1957
Discontinuance of Trains 15 and 16 Between Minneapolis and Aberdeen, South Dakota
Box   6
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1964-1969
Box   6
Folder   8
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1968-1969
Box   6
Folder   9
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1968
Discontinuance of Trains 15 and 16 (Olympian Hiawatha) Between Minneapolis and Tacoma, Washington
Box   6
Folder   10
Correspondence, 1959-1961
Box   7
Folder   1-2
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1956-1961
Box   7
Folder   3
Selected Schedules, 1960
Box   7
Folder   4
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1960
Discontinuance of Trains 17 and 18 (Columbian) Between Marmarth, North Dakota and Avery, Idaho
Box   18
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1955-1957
Box   19
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1955-1957
Box   19
Folder   2
Court Records, 1955
Box   19
Folder   3-4
Exhibits, including maps, timetables, reports on population, passengers, and revenue and expenses, 1939-1957, undated
Box   19
Folder   5
Responses to Protests, 1955
Box   19
Folder   6
Discontinuance of Trains 25 and 26 Between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Savanna, Illinois, statement of Milwaukee Road before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1965
Discontinuance of Trains 55 and 58 Between Chicago and Minneapolis
Box   7
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1968-1969
Box   7
Folder   6
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Discontinuance of Trains 111 and 112 Between Chicago and Savanna, Illinois
Box   7
Folder   7
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1970
Box   8
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1969-1970
Box   8
Folder   2
Petition of Milwaukee Road Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   8
Folder   3
Petition of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Discontinuance of Trains 117 and 118 (Varsity) Between Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin
Box   8
Folder   4
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   8
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1968-1971
Box   8
Folder   6
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1966-1971
Box   8
Folder   7
Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   8
Folder   8
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Illinois Commerce Commission, 1968
Box   8
Folder   9
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Box   8
Folder   10
Statement of the Wisconsin Student Association Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969
Discontinuance of Trains 117 and 118 (Northern Montana) Between Harlowton and Great Falls, Montana
Box   19
Folder   7-8
Correspondence, 1950-1959
Box   19
Folder   9
Court Records, 1953-1958
Box   20
Folder   1
Exhibits, including maps, timetables, reports on population, passengers, and revenue and expenses, 1939-1958, undated
Discontinuance of Trains 118, 119, 601, 604, 605 and 610 Between Fox Lake, Illinois and Walworth, Wisconsin
Box   8
Folder   11
Brief of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973
Box   8
Folder   12
Correspondence, 1971-1974
Box   8
Folder   13
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1973
Box   8
Folder   14
Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973
Box   8
Folder   15
Statement of Milwaukee Road Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973
Box   8
Folder   16
Testimony of Orren Anderson, Kenneth Schoeneck and Paul Patterson Before the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973
Box   20
Folder   2-3
Discontinuance of Trains 157 and 158 Between La Crosse, Wisconsin and Austin, Minnesota, 1959-1960
Discontinuance of Trains 202 and 203 Between New Lisbon, Wisconsin and Wausau, Wisconsin
Box   9
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1968-1970
Box   9
Folder   2
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1968-1969
Box   9
Folder   3
Schedules A and B Presented to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, 1968
Discontinuance of Trains – General
Box   9
Folder   4
List of Discontinued Passenger Trains, 1947-1970
Box   9
Folder   5
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Newspaper Articles, 1952-1973
Box   9
Folder   6-8
Fares, cost of one-way coach and first class, 1942-1954
Box   10
Folder   1-2
Fares, cost of one-way coach and first class, 1957-1974
Box   10
Folder   3-5
Hiawatha, historical background, 1935-1960
Joint Passenger Tariffs
Box   20
Folder   4
Chicago, 1964-1970
Box   20
Folder   5
Colorado-New England-Utah-Wyoming-Northern Kansas, 1964-1970
Box   20
Folder   6
St. Louis, Missouri, 1964-1970
Box   20
Folder   7
Trans-Missouri, 1965-1970
Box   20
Folder   8
Western, 1962-1970
Box   21
Folder   1-2
Western, 1963-1970
Box   11
Folder   1
Menus, 1936-1943, undated
Box   21
Folder   3
Monthly Bulletins, 1914-1916
Box   21
Folder   4
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), 1971-1972
North Suburban Mass Transit District
Box   11
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1973-1978
Box   11
Folder   3
Directory of Officers and Trustees, 1973-1974
Box   11
Folder   4
Lease Agreement, 1973
Box   11
Folder   5
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1971-1975
Northwest Suburban Mass Transit District
Box   11
Folder   6
Commuter Cars, correspondence, 1972-1982
Box   11
Folder   7-8
Grant Application, 1971-1972
Box   12
Folder   1-2
Hampshire Coach Yard, correspondence, 1971-1974
Box   12
Folder   3
Hampshire Coach Yard, press releases and newspaper articles, 1972-1975
Box   12
Folder   4
Lease Agreement, 1972
Box   12
Folder   5-6
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1972-1975
Box   12
Folder   7
Olympian, historical background, 1911-1930
Box   12
Folder   8-10
“On the Bi Level” Commuter Newsletter, 1970-1974
Box   21
Folder   5-6
Operations Manual, 1979
Box   22
Folder   1
Operations Manual, 1979
Box   13
Folder   1
Parking Facilities for Suburban Commuters, 1971-1975
Box   13
Folder   2-5
Passenger and Law Committee, correspondence, 1974-1975
Box   22
Folder   2
Passenger News Items, 1967-1970
Project Transi-Plan
Box   13
Folder   6
Correspondence, 1970-1972
Box   13
Folder   7
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1970-1973
Publications
Box   13
Folder   8
“Account of a Trip Along the Pacific Coast Extension”, 1907
Box   13
Folder   9
The Game of Skat, 1900
Box   13
Folder   10
Glimpses at the Life and Times of A.V.H. Carpenter, 1891
Box   14
Folder   1-4
Hiawathagram, 1949-1966
Box   22
Folder   3
Key Notes: The Milwaukee Road: America’s Largest Electrified Railroad, undated
Box   14
Folder   5
Kilbourn and the Dells of the Wisconsin, 1907
Box   22
Folder   4
The King of the Rails, 1917
Box   22
Folder   5
To The Lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota, 1906
Box   22
Folder   6
New Towns and Business Opportunities Along the Lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway, 1916
Box   22
Folder   7
The Pacific Limited Chicago to California, 1913
Box   22
Folder   8
The Pacific Northwest and Alaska, 1928
Box   22
Folder   9
Rainier National Park Washington, 1916
Box   22
Folder   10
The Re-discovery of America, undated
Box   14
Folder   6
Rules and Instructions of Milwaukee Road Departments, 1907
Box   14
Folder   7
Summer Homes, 1913
Box   14
Folder   8
The Tourists’ Wonderland, 1884
Box   14
Folder   9
The Trail of the Olympian: 2000 Miles of Scenic Splendor – Chicago to Puget Sound, 1916
Regional Transportation Authority
Box   14
Folder   10
Annual Report, 1976
Box   14
Folder   11
Assembly Proceedings for Bill, 1973
Box   14
Folder   12
“The Commuter Railroads of the Six-County Chicago Metropolitan Region”, 1974
Box   15
Folder   1-8
Correspondence, 1973-1981
Box   15
Folder   9
“Factual Responses to Frequently Asked Questions About the RTA”, 1974
Box   16
Folder   1
Press Releases and Newspaper Articles, 1973-1974
Box   16
Folder   2
Purchase of Service Agreement, 1976
Box   22
Folder   11
Schedule of Trains Between Chicago and Milwaukee, 1900
Box   16
Folder   3
Scheduling and Cleanliness of Passenger Coaches, correspondence, 1962-1971
Box   22
Folder   12
Scheduling for Holiday and University Student Travel, 1965-1980
Box   16
Folder   4
Service Bulletins, 1942-1969
Box   22
Folder   13-14
Service Bulletins, 1955-1982
Box   22
Folder   15
Sleeping and Dining Cars, 1949-1968, undated
Suburban Service
Box   16
Folder   5
Brochures, 1964-1966, undated
Box   16
Folder   6
Space Allocated for Smokers and Non-Smokers, correspondence, 1971
Box   16
Folder   7
Time Tables, 1953-1981
Box   16
Folder   8
Training Correspondence, 1973-1974
Box   22
Folder   16
Suburban Train Requirements and List of Coaches and Cars in Service, 1953
Box   16
Folder   9
Tables of Distances, 1909-1914
Ticket Office
Box   16
Folder   10
Consolidation with Chicago and North Western Railroad, correspondence, 1966
Box   16
Folder   11
Construction of New Depot, correspondence, 1963-1966
Box   16
Folder   12
Construction of New Depot, press releases and newspaper articles, 1964-1966
Box   16
Folder   13
Sales Commendations, correspondence, 1967-1968
Box   16
Folder   14
Ticket Forms, undated
Box   22
Folder   17
Traffic Officers, 1974-1975
Box   22
Folder   18
Trailer on Flatcar Information Circular, 1961
Box   22
Folder   19
Transportation Notices, 1965-1971