Title: Milwaukee Road Reorganization Records
Inclusive Dates: 1925-1988

Creator:

• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.

Call Number: Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 11

Quantity: 28.8 cubic ft. (72 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

This collection contains information about the 1925, 1935, and 1977 Milwaukee Road bankruptcies. There is an extensive amount of material on the 1977 Reorganization, which ultimately resulted in the Soo Line acquiring the Milwaukee Road. Includes correspondence, reports, court proceedings, press releases, and newspaper clippings.

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Language: English

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Commonly referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" (or simply "The Road"), the origins of this railroad began in 1847, when the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad was incorporated. Three years later its first train operated between Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and by 1857, its track reached Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. In February 1874, the name changed to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway as it continued to expand throughout the Midwest. By 1887, it reached into Iowa and South Dakota, as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, and north into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

In 1905, the Milwaukee Road decided to expand west again, this time to Puget Sound in Washington. The "Lines West" were built between 1906-1909, from the middle of South Dakota to Seattle and Tacoma in Washington. Even though the lines were technological marvels, they were never successful, and were a major contributor to the bankruptcy in 1925. In 1928 the Road reorganized as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, but went bankrupt again in 1935 and 1945. In 1977, in financial trouble once more, it reorganized and sold off two-thirds of its trackage. It was acquired by the Soo Line Corp. on February 21, 1985, which operated it as the Milwaukee Road, Inc. until merging it with their own lines on January 1, 1986.

December 19, 1977	Milwaukee Road files petition with U.S. District Court for reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act.
February 9, 1978	U.S. District Court confirms appointment of Stanley Hillman as Trustee of Milwaukee Road property.
April 23, 1979	Trustee Hillman petitions the U.S. District Court to embargo Milwaukee Road lines.
August 10, 1979	Trustee’s Reorganization Plan is filed with the U.S. District Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
August 22, 1979	Richard Ogilvie succeeds Stanley Hillman as Trustee.
November 1, 1979	Embargo on approximately 4,800 miles of Milwaukee Road lines.
March 19, 1980	Interstate Commerce Commission rejects the Milwaukee Road’s reorganization plan.
September 15, 1981	Milwaukee Road files new Reorganization Plan.
April 1, 1983	Trustee Ogilvie files amended Reorganization Plan calling for sale of Milwaukee Road to Grand Trunk Corporation.
July 22, 1983	Chicago and North Western makes offer to purchase Milwaukee Road.
February 17, 1984	Soo Line Railroad Company applies for acquiring operating assets of Milwaukee Road.
February 8, 1985	Judge Thomas McMillan approves the Soo Line’s offer over the Chicago and North Western offer.
February 19, 1985	Soo Line purchases the property of the bankrupt Milwaukee Road.

The 1925 Reorganization series consists of seven folders. It includes background information on the Milwaukee Road’s first bankruptcy, along with a 1925 reorganization plan developed by bankers Kuhn, Loeb & Company and National City Bank. The 1935 Reorganization series contains eighteen folders. It includes background information on the 1935 bankruptcy, financial records about expenses incurred during the reorganization, and several different reorganization plans.

The 1977 Reorganization series includes several boxes of materials about the three organizations that attempted to purchase the Milwaukee Road: the Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., the Grand Trunk Corporation, and the Soo Line Railroad. The materials contain correspondence, court documents, and newspaper articles. Other significant materials in the series include: general correspondence and court documents; newspaper articles about the 1977 Reorganization; background material on Save Our Railroad Employment, an organization formed by employees of the Milwaukee Road; a comprehensive strategic plan by Booz, Allen and Hamilton; and four different reorganization plans compiled by the Milwaukee Road trustee.

The collection is arranged into the following series:

1. 1925 Reorganization, 1925-1928
2. 1935 Reorganization, 1935-1961
3. 1977 Reorganization, 1975-1988

The collection is in alphabetical order by subject or personal name, then chronologically within each folder.

Milwaukee Road Reorganization Records, 1925-1988, Collection 11. Milwaukee Road Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Select materials from the Milwaukee Road have been digitized and are available in this digital collection: Milwaukee Road Archives.

Archival Collections

• Authorizations for Expenditures Records. Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 12.

• Executive Department Records. Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 3.

• Legal Department Records. Milwaukee Road Archival Collection 6.

Publications and Other Items

Annual Report of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company : Submission of Plan of Reorganization Pursuant to Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended

Sale of the Core Railroad to Soo Line

Other Repositories

Additional Milwaukee Road materials are also available at the Milwaukee Road Archives in the St. Louis Mercantile Library located at the University of St. Louis.

Access Restrictions

Some of the employee records are restricted; please consult a staff member for more details. There are no access restrictions on the rest of the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view the Milwaukee Road Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The Milwaukee Road Archives was received by MPL from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) formally on January 13, 1981 as stated in the donor’s agreement signed by acting City Librarian, Henry E. Bates, Jr. and President of the Milwaukee Road, W.L. Smith.

Processing Information

Processed by Jay Hyland, Contract Archivist, 2012. Additions processed by Jay Hyland, Contract Archivist, 2015.

	Series: 1. 1925 Reorganization, 1925-1928
Box   1 Folder   1	Background, 1925-1928
Box   1 Folder   2	Explanation of Reorganization Trust Fund Account, 1925
Box   1 Folder   3	Investigation of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co., 1927-1928
	Reorganization Plan
Box   1 Folder   4	General, 1925
Box   1 Folder   5	Modifications, 1925
Box   1 Folder   6	Outline, 1925
Box   1 Folder   7	Summary of Report and Statement of Receivers, 1925
	Series: 2. 1935 Reorganization, 1934-1961	⇧
Box   1 Folder   8	Acquisition of Properties, 1945
Box   1 Folder   9	Answer of Trustees to Petition for Rehearing, 1943
Box   1 Folder   10	Apportionment of Expenses, 1945
Box   1 Folder   11	Assets and Liabilities, 1945
Box   1 Folder   12	Background, 1934-1945
Box   71 Folder   1	Court Orders, 1945
	Expense Incurred in Consummating the Plan of Reorganization as Redistributed to
Box   71 Folder   2	Accounts 460, 532, 542 and 551, 1945-1947
Box   71 Folder   3	Account 702.5A, 1945-1947
Box   71 Folder   4	Account 725, 1945-1947
Box   71 Folder   5	Account 727, 1945-1947
Box   71 Folder   6	Journal Entry, 1945-1947
Box   72 Folder   1	Petition for Reorganization, 1940
	Reorganization Plan
Box   71 Folder   7	1935
Box   71 Folder   8	1938
Box   71 Folder   9	1945
Box   71 Folder   10	1961
Box   71 Folder   11	Approval of Modified Plan, 1940
Box   71 Folder   12	Circuit Court and Supreme Court Appeals, 1941-1943
	Series: 3. 1977 Reorganization, 1975-1988	⇧
Box   70 Folder   1-2	Assets and Liabilities, 1981-1983
Box   70 Folder   3	Back Pay to Employees, 1982
Box   2 Folder   1-3	Background Information, 1977-1986
Box   2 Folder   4-5	Bond and Debenture Holders Protective Committee, 1982-1983
Box   2 Folder   6	Burlington Northern Railroad – Purchase of 270 Miles of Milwaukee Road Trackage, 1979-1981
Box   2 Folder   7	Burlington Northern Railroad vs. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1984-1985
Box   2 Folder   8	Cartoons and Poems, 1977-1986
Box   2 Folder   9	Chicago, Madison and Northern Railway Co., 1981-1982
	Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. – Proposed Acquisition of Milwaukee Road
Box   3 Folder   1	Asset Purchase Agreement, 1984
Box   3 Folder   2	Asset Purchase Agreement (revised), 1984
Box   3 Folder   3	Brief of CNW and Mid America Rail Properties, 1984
Box   3 Folder   4	CNW-42 – Inconsistent Application, volumes 1, 1983
Box   4 Folder   1-3	CNW-42 – Inconsistent Application, volumes 2-4, 1983
Box   4 Folder   4	CNW-83 – Application Volume 1, application and exhibits, 1984
Box   5 Folder   1	CNW-83 – Application Volume 2, market impact analysis, 1984
Box   5 Folder   2	CNW-83 – Application Volume 3, operating plan, 1984
Box   5 Folder   3	CNW-83 – Exhibits to Proposed Asset Purchase Agreement, 1984
Box   5 Folder   4	CNW-84 – Motion for Pre-hearing Conference; CNW-85 – Response in Opposition to Petition by Grand Trunk Corporation to Reopen Commission Decision Setting Supplementary Procedural Schedule, 1984
Box   5 Folder   5	CNW-86 – Revised Application and Exhibits, 1984
Box   6 Folder   1	CNW-87 – Petition for Exemption under 49 U.S.C. for Issuance of Securities; CNW-88 – Comments of CNW and Mid America Rail Properties; CNW-89 – Notice of Withdrawal of Petition, 1984
Box   6 Folder   2	CNW-90 – Request to Conduct Cross-Examination of Specified Witnesses, 1984
Box   6 Folder   3	CNW-91 – Final List of Protective Conditions Requested, 1984
Box   6 Folder   4	CNW-92 – Opposition Verified Statements, 1984
Box   6 Folder   5	CNW-94 – Request for Cross-Examination of Witnesses Supporting Responsive Applications and Opposing CNW Applications, 1984
Box   6 Folder   6	CNW-95 – Verified Statements in Opposition to Responsive Applications, 1984
Box   6 Folder   7-8	CNW-97 – Rebuttal Verified Statements, volumes 1-2, 1984
Box   6 Folder   9	CNW-98 – Objections to Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Co. Interrogatories; CNW-99 – Errata Sheet of Rebuttal Verified Statements, 1984
Box   7 Folder   1	CNW-100 – Opening Brief, 1984
Box   7 Folder   2	CNW-101 – Reply Brief, 1984
Box   7 Folder   3	CNW-102 – Reply to Grand Trunk Corporation Motion to Dismiss; CNW-103 – Submission on Remand from the Bankruptcy Court, 1984
Box   7 Folder   4	Evaluation of the Inconsistent Application by CNW, prepared for Milwaukee Road Counsel to the Trustee, 1984
Box   7 Folder   5-8	General Correspondence, 1982-1985
Box   7 Folder   9	Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust, 1984
Box   7 Folder   10	Newspaper Articles, 1980-1984
Box   7 Folder   11	Opposition to CNW Inconsistent Plan of Reorganization, 1983
Box   8 Folder   1	Rebuttal Statement of Paul Banner, 1984
Box   8 Folder   2	Responsive Brief of CNW and Mid American Railroad Properties, 1984
Box   8 Folder   3	Revised Application, 1984
Box   8 Folder   4	Trustee’s Statement, 1985
Box   8 Folder   5	Verified Statement of Richard Ogilvie, Jones Chemicals, Brillion and Forest Junction Railroad and Frank Komberec, 1983
Box   8 Folder   6	Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation – Requests for Conditions, Hearings and Cross Examination, 1983
Box   8 Folder   7	Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation – Verified Statements in Opposition to Acquisition, 1983
Box   8 Folder   8	Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation – Verified Statements of Rail Users in Opposition to Approval of Modified Proposal, 1984
Box   8 Folder   9	Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. vs. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1984
Box   8 Folder   10-11	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, reorganization, 1982-1983
Box   8 Folder   12-13	Congressional Record, Milwaukee Road entries, 1979
Box   8 Folder   14	Coordination with Other Railroads, 1978-1979
Box   9 Folder   1	Corporate Business Plan for 1982-1986, "In Support of the Trustee’s Revised Reorganization Plan", 1981
Box   9 Folder   2-3	Corporate Memos “To All Concerned”, 1977-1981
	Correspondence - General
Box   9 Folder   4-8	1977-1978
Box   10 Folder   1-9	1978-1979
Box   11 Folder   1-9	1979-1984
Box   12 Folder   1	1984-1985
	Court Documents
Box   12 Folder   2-9	1977-1979
Box   13 Folder   1-9	1979-1980
Box   14 Folder   1-9	1980-1981
Box   15 Folder   1-10	1981-1982
Box   16 Folder   1-10	1982-1984
Box   17 Folder   1-5	1984-1985
Box   17 Folder   6	Court Hearings, notes, 1981-1982
Box   17 Folder   7-9	Court Orders, 1977-1981
Box   18 Folder   1-2	Court Orders, 1982-1985
Box   18 Folder   3-4	Decisions of Interstate Commerce Commission on Proposed Reorganization, 1979-1985
Box   18 Folder   5	Deferred Tax Settlement Program, 1983
Box   18 Folder   6	Directed Service Under Section 1 (16)(b) of Interstate Commerce Act, 1979
	Embargo Hearings
Box   70 Folder   4-5	Background, 1979-1980
Box   18 Folder   8	Court Decisions, 1979
Box   19 Folder   1	General Correspondence, 1979-1980
Box   19 Folder   2	Memorandum of Law with Respect to the Court’s Authority to Direct the Trustee to Declare a Partial Embargo, 1979
Box   19 Folder   3	Petition for Direction with Respect to Partial Embargo of Freight Operations, Financing Remaining Operations and Related Relief, 1979
Box   19 Folder   4	Reply Memorandum of Law with Respect to the Court’s Authority to Direct the Trustee to Declare a Partial Embargo, 1979
Box   19 Folder   5-6	Report of Special Master, Milton H. Gray, 1979
Box   19 Folder   7	Report of Special Master, Milton H. Gray, objections to, 1979
Box   19 Folder   8	Responses to Petition for Direction with Respect to Partial Embargo of Freight Operations, Financing Remaining Operations and Related Relief, 1979
Box   19 Folder   9-10	Statements, 1979
Box   20 Folder   1	Statements, 1979
Box   20 Folder   2-5	Transcript of Proceedings, 1979
Box   21 Folder   1-3	Transcript of Proceedings, 1979
Box   22 Folder   1-4	Transcript of Proceedings, 1979
Box   22 Folder   5	Trustee’s Response to Report of Special Master, 1979
Box   23 Folder   1-3	Embargo Notices, 1978-1982
Box   23 Folder   4-5	Emergency Rail Services Act Application, 1978-1979
Box   23 Folder   6	Employee Furloughs, 1981
	Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
Box   23 Folder   8	ELS 2 – Comments and Proposed Conditions, 1984
Box   23 Folder   9	ELS 3 – Petition Seeking to Rebut Presumption that Trackage Rights Constitute Major Market Extension, 1984
Box   23 Folder   10	ELS 4 – Application to Acquire Trackage Rights Over Certain Milwaukee Road Properties, 1984
Box   23 Folder   11	ELS 5 – Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents, 1984
Box   23 Folder   12	ELS 6 – Verified Rebuttal Statement of John C. Larkin, 1984
Box   23 Folder   13	ELS 8 – Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories Directed to Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., 1984
Box   23 Folder   14	ELS 9 – Opening Brief, 1984
Box   23 Folder   15	ELS 10 – Reply Brief, 1984
	Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad vs. Interstate Commerce Commission
Box   23 Folder   7	Brief of ELS for Review of ICC Decision and Memorandum in Support of Motion for Declaratory Judgment, 1984
Box   23 Folder   16	Motions, 1984
Box   23 Folder   17	Petition for Review, 1984
Box   23 Folder   18	Reply Brief for Review of ICC Decision, 1984
Box   23 Folder   19	Response of ELS to Trustee’s Reply to Motion for Declaratory Judgment, 1984
Box   23 Folder   20	Federal Railroad Administration Public Meeting, 1978
Box   24 Folder   1	Federal Railroad Administration Public Meeting, 1978
Box   24 Folder   2	Federal Register, Milwaukee Road entries, 1979
Box   24 Folder   3-4	Financial Assistance Reports, 1979-1981
	Grand Trunk Corporation – Proposed Acquisition of Milwaukee Road
Box   24 Folder   5-7	Appendix I-III to Amended Plan of Reorganization, 1983
Box   25 Folder   1-3	Appendix IV-VI to Amended Plan of Reorganization, 1983
Box   25 Folder   4	Background, circa 1980-1985
Box   25 Folder   5	Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Co. Briefs, 1984
Box   25 Folder   6	Consolidated Rail Corporation Brief, 1984
Box   25 Folder   7	Environmental Assessment, 1984
Box   25 Folder   8	Errata to Chicago Milwaukee Corporation Verified Statements, 1984
Box   25 Folder   9	General Correspondence, 1981-1984
Box   26 Folder   1	GTC-43 – Opposition to Requests for Trackage Rights of Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., Green Bay and Western, and Consolidated Rail Corporation, 1983
Box   26 Folder   2-4	GTC-49 – Rebuttal Testimony of GTC and Trustee of Milwaukee Road, volumes 1-3, 1983
Box   26 Folder   5	GTC-53 – Initial Brief, 1983
Box   26 Folder   6	GTC-54 – Reply Brief of GTC, 1984
Box   26 Folder   7	GTC-55 – Opposition to Chicago and North Western Motion to Strike, 1984
Box   26 Folder   8	GTC-56 – Petition by GTC to Reopen Commission Decision Setting Supplementary Procedural Schedule, 1984
Box   27 Folder   1	GTC-57 and 58 – Application of GTC Pursuant to Section 5 (b) of Milwaukee Road Restructuring Act and Modification of Data Supporting Amended Plan of Reorganization, volumes 1-2, 1984
Box   27 Folder   2	GTC-59 – Comments and Proposed List of Conditions, 1984
Box   27 Folder   3	GTC-60 – Requests for Cross Examination; GTC-61 – Revised List of Conditions by GTC; GTC-62 – Verified Statement of Paul Tatro, 1984
Box   27 Folder   4	GTC-64 – Responsive Trackage Rights Applications, 1984
Box   27 Folder   5	GTC-65 – Verified Statements in Opposition to Proposals by Chicago and North Western and Soo Line, 1984
Box   27 Folder   6-7	GTC-66, GTC-67 – Verified Statements of Shippers and other affected Parties in Opposition to Proposals by Chicago and North Western, 1984
Box   27 Folder   8	GTC-69 – Request for Cross-Examination of Opposition Submitted by GTC; GTC-70 – Errata to Verified Statement of Paul Tatro; GTC-71 – Response of GTC to Request for Conditions of Chicago and North Western and Soo Line; GTC-72 and 73 – Cross-Examination Requests, 1984
Box   27 Folder   9	GTC-74 – Rebuttal Testimony by GTC, 1984
Box   28 Folder   1	GTC-75 – Opening Brief of GTC, 1984
Box   28 Folder   2	GTC-76 – Motion to Dismiss Certain Proceedings Submitted by GTC; GTC-77 – Memorandum of Points in Support of Motion to Dismiss Certain Proceedings Submitted by GTC, 1984
Box   28 Folder   3	GTC-78 – Reply Brief of GTC, 1984
Box   28 Folder   4	GTC-80 – Requests for Cross-Examinations Submitted by GTC; GTC-81 – Brief of GTC on Remand to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1984
Box   28 Folder   5	Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions, 1983-1985
Box   28 Folder   6	Iowa Railroad Co. Comments, 1984
Box   28 Folder   7	Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. Brief, 1984
Box   28 Folder   8-9	LaSalle National Bank, 1984
Box   28 Folder   10	Newspaper Articles and Press Releases, 1981-1984
Box   29 Folder   1	Opening Brief of the Debtor and Chicago Milwaukee Corporation, 1984
Box   29 Folder   2	Railway Labor Executives, briefs and requests for cross-examinations, 1984
Box   29 Folder   3	Reply Brief of the Debtor and Chicago Milwaukee Corporation, 1984
Box   29 Folder   4-5	Reply Brief of Richard Ogilvie, Trustee of the Milwaukee Road, 1984
Box   29 Folder   6	Stock Acquisition Agreement, 1982
Box   29 Folder   7	Submission on Remand from the Bankruptcy Court, 1984
Box   29 Folder   8-9	Transcript Proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, May-July 11, 1984
Box   30 Folder   1-3	Transcript Proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, July 12-December 1984
Box   30 Folder   4	Trustee’s Amended Plan of Reorganization, 1983
Box   30 Folder   5	Trustee’s Comments, 1984
Box   30 Folder   6	Trustee’s Further Interrogatories and Document Requests to Soo Line, 1983
Box   30 Folder   7	U.S. Department of Justice, 1984
Box   30 Folder   8	Growmark, Inc., proposed acquisition of rail property in Prairie du Chien, 1981
Box   31 Folder   1-4	House of Representatives Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce, hearing, 1977-1979
Box   31 Folder   5-7	Interim Awards of Compensation and Expenses, 1977-1982
Box   32 Folder   1	Interim Awards of Compensation and Expenses, 1977-1982
Box   32 Folder   2	Interstate Commerce Commission, staff study “The Prospect for Reorganizing the Milwaukee Road as a Viable Carrier”, 1980
Box   32 Folder   3	Iowa, newspaper articles, 1975-1982
	Iowa State Association of Counties vs. Milwaukee Road
Box   32 Folder   4-5	Appendix Volumes II-III, 1982
Box   32 Folder   6	Movants’ Reply Brief, 1983
Box   32 Folder   7	Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. vs. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1984
Box   33 Folder   1	Joint Appeal of Milwaukee Road as Debtor and Chicago Milwaukee Corporation as Shareholder, 1980
Box   70 Folder   6	Liquidation Value Report of Milwaukee Road, 1978
Box   33 Folder   2	Loan Guarantees, 1979-1980
Box   33 Folder   3-5	McDonald vs. Chicago Milwaukee Corporation, 1977-1980
Box   33 Folder   6	Midwest Labor Protection Agreement, 1980
Box   33 Folder   7	Milwaukee II Operating Plan, 1979
Box   70 Folder   7	Milwaukee Land Co., sale of timberland and mineral rights, 1980
	Minnesota
Box   33 Folder   8	Minneapolis Depot, 1982
Box   33 Folder   9	Newspaper Articles, 1977-1981
Box   33 Folder   10	Rail Plan, 1981-1982
	Montana
Box   34 Folder   1-5	General Correspondence, 1978-1979
Box   34 Folder   6-8	Hearings Conducted by Senator Max Baucus, volumes 1-3, 1979
Box   34 Folder   9	Newspaper Articles, 1978
Box   35 Folder   1-12	Newspaper Articles, 1978-1979
Box   36 Folder   1	Name Change from Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. to CMC Real Estate Corporation, 1985
	New Milwaukee Lines – Employee-Shipper Ownership Plan
Box   36 Folder   2	Assessments, 1979
Box   36 Folder   3	Background, 1979
Box   36 Folder   4	Comments by Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation, 1979
Box   36 Folder   5	Comments by Legislators, 1979
Box   36 Folder   6	Comments by United States Dept. of Transportation, 1979
Box   36 Folder   7	Initial Statement and Response to Commission Questions, 1979
Box   36 Folder   8	Proposal, 1979
Box   37 Folder   1-2	Statements of Opposition, 1979
	Newspaper Articles - Miscellaneous
Box   37 Folder   3-11	1978
Box   38 Folder   1-10	1978-1979
Box   39 Folder   1-12	1979
Box   40 Folder   1-17	1979-1980
Box   41 Folder   1-17	1980-1982
Box   42 Folder   1-2	1982
Box   70 Folder   8	Ogilvie, Richard, speeches, 1980-1983
Box   42 Folder   3	Progress Reports from Order No. 336, 1981-1983
Box   42 Folder   4	Pullman Leasing Co., 1984
Box   42 Folder   5	Railway Labor Executives’ Association, supplemental brief and short appendix on appeals from United States District Court, 1982
Box   42 Folder   6-7	Railway Labor Executives’ Association vs. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1980
Box   42 Folder   8	Railway Labor Executives’ Association vs. Richard Ogilvie, 1982
Box   42 Folder   9-10	Railway Labor Executives’ Association vs. William Gibbons, 1982
Box   72 Folder   2-3	Reorganization of the Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, 1976-1979
	Reports of Special Master Milton H. Gray
Box   42 Folder   11	Petition of Certain Indenture Trustees to Modify Order No. 290-F, 1980
Box   43 Folder   1	Trustee’s Application for Abandonment of 18 Branch Lines, 1980
Box   43 Folder   2	Trustee’s Application for Abandonment of the Pacific Coast Extension, 1980
Box   43 Folder   3	Trustee’s Application for Authority to Abandon the Madison and Beloit Lines, 1982
Box   43 Folder   4	Trustee’s Application for Authority to Obtain Financial Assistance, 1979
Box   43 Folder   5	Trustee’s Application for Authority to Obtain Financial Assistance from the Federal Railroad Administration, 1979
Box   43 Folder   6	Trustee’s Application for Authority to Purchase the Line of the Rock Island Railroad Between Washington and Clinton, Iowa; and the Trustee’s Motion and Complaint for Authority to Borrow $9,000,000 to Consummate that Purchase, 1982
Box   43 Folder   7-8	Sale of Property, 1979-1981
	Save Our Railroad Employment (SORE)
Box   43 Folder   9	Affidavit of Fred Simpson in Support of SORE, 1979
Box   43 Folder   10-11	General Correspondence, 1978-1979
Box   44 Folder   1-2	General Correspondence, 1979-1980
Box   44 Folder   3	Motion for Leave to Intervene, 1979
Box   44 Folder   4	Newspaper Articles, 1978-1981
Box   44 Folder   5	Reorganization Plan, 1979
Box   44 Folder   6	Reply Memorandum in Support of SORE’s Motion for Special Notice on Certain Matters, 1979
Box   44 Folder   7	Trustee’s Memorandum in Opposition to SORE’s Motion for Special Notice on Certain Matters, 1979
	Securities and Exchange Commission
Box   44 Folder   8	Form 8-K Reports, 1975-1982
Box   44 Folder   9-11	Form 10-K Annual Reports, 1978-1984
Box   45 Folder   1-3	Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports, 1980-1984
Box   45 Folder   4	Newspaper Articles, 1976
Box   45 Folder   5-6	Senate Railroad Service Assistance Act (McGovern Bill), 1979
Box   45 Folder   7-8	Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, hearing, 1979
Box   45 Folder   9	Separation Requests and Interim Employee Assistance, 1980-1981
Box   45 Folder   10	Service List of Court and Interstate Commerce Commission, 1983
	Soo Line Railroad – Acquisition of Milwaukee Road
Box   46 Folder   1	Asset Purchase Agreement, 1984
Box   46 Folder   2	Background, circa 1980-1985
Box   70 Folder   9	Changes to Correction Deeds, 1988
Box   46 Folder   3	Consolidated Brief of Soo Line and Milwaukee Road, Inc., 1985
Box   46 Folder   4-7	General Correspondence and Newspaper Articles, 1977-1987
Box   46 Folder   8	Memorandum in Support of Purchase Application and Petition for Review of Interstate Commerce Commission’s Decision of Chicago and North Western Application, 1985
Box   47 Folder   1-2	Milwaukee Study, 1980
Box   47 Folder   3	Operating Plan, 1984
	Operations Planning Group
Box   47 Folder   4-6	General Files, 1985
Box   47 Folder   7	Car Department Consolidation Report, 1985
Box   47 Folder   8-9	Locomotive Department Consolidation Report, 1985
Box   48 Folder   1	Mechanical Department Consolidation Report, 1985
Box   48 Folder   2	SOO-33 – Application for Authority to Acquire Trackage Over Lines of Chicago and North Western and Purchase Tracks of Milwaukee Road, 1983
Box   48 Folder   3	SOO-34 – Application for Authority to Acquire Trackage Over Lines of Chicago and North Western and Over Lines of Milwaukee Road, 1983
Box   48 Folder   4	SOO-35 – Application to Require Use of Terminal Facilities at St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and between I 35-W and Shakopee, Minnesota, 1983
Box   48 Folder   5	SOO-36-37 – Verified Statements Submitted by Soo Line in Opposition to Chicago and North Western Application and in Support of Soo’s Required Conditions, volumes 1-2, 1983
Box   49 Folder   1	SOO-39 – Verified Statement of Thomas Beckley, 1984
Box   49 Folder   2	SOO-40 – Petition for an Exemption to Permit Acquisition of Control of Milwaukee Motor Transportation Co., 1984
Box   49 Folder   3	SOO-41 – Alternative Plan of Reorganization, 1984
Box   49 Folder   4	SOO-42 – Market Impact Analysis and Verified Statements of J.T. Harnett, Peter McNamee and Barry Harris, 1984
Box   49 Folder   5	SOO-43 – Proposed Agreements, Operating Plan, Density Charts and Verified Statement of Joe Darling, 1984
Box   49 Folder   6	SOO-44 – Environmental Data, Energy Data and Verified Statement of David Arndorfer, 1984
Box   50 Folder   1	SOO-46-48 – Verified Statements of Shippers in Support of Soo Line (3 volumes), 1984
Box   50 Folder   2	SOO-53 – Proposed Agreement, 1984
Box   50 Folder   3	SOO-62-64 – Requests for Cross-Examination of Witnesses, 1984
Box   50 Folder   4	SOO-65 – Application for Acquiring Trackage Rights between Clinton, Iowa and Muscatine, Iowa, 1984
Box   51 Folder   1	SOO-66-67 – Verified Statements Submitted Opposing Chicago and North Western Application, volumes 1-2, 1984
Box   51 Folder   2	SOO-71 – Verified Statement of Peter McNamee, 1984
Box   51 Folder   3	SOO-72 – Requests for Cross-Examination of Witnesses, 1984
Box   51 Folder   4	SOO-73 – Selected Tables from Verified Statement of Paul Banner, 1984
Box   51 Folder   5	SOO-74 – Statements of Barry Harris, Joe Darling and Ralph Von Dem Hagen, 1984
Box   51 Folder   6	SOO-75 – Rebuttal Verified Statements of Peter McNamee, James Hartnett and John Miller, 1984
Box   51 Folder   7	SOO-76 – Amendments to SOO-73; SOO-77 – Trackage Agreement to Asset Purchase Agreement, 1984
Box   52 Folder   1	SOO-79 – Initial Brief of Soo Line, 1984
Box   52 Folder   2	SOO-80 – Appendices to Initial Brief of Soo Line, 1984
Box   52 Folder   3	SOO-82 – Errata to Initial Brief, 1984
Box   52 Folder   4	SOO-83 – Canadian Pacific Limited Annual Report, 1983
Box   52 Folder   5	SOO-87 – Opposition to Grand Trunk Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss Certain Proceedings, 1984
Box   52 Folder   6	SOO-88 – Errata to Reply Brief, 1984
Box   52 Folder   7	SOO-92 – Brief in Opposition to Chicago and North Western Proposal, 1984
	Soo Line Railroad – General Files
Box   52 Folder   8	Annual Reports, 1981-1986
Box   52 Folder   9	General Orders, 1986
Box   52 Folder   10	Newsletters, 1981-1986
Box   53 Folder   1	Telephone Directory, 1980-1987
Box   53 Folder   2	Timetable, 1986
	South Dakota
Box   53 Folder   3	Congressional Joint Economic Committee Hearing, 1978
Box   53 Folder   4	Court Proceedings, 1979-1980
Box   53 Folder   5-6	General Correspondence, 1978-1982
Box   53 Folder   7-9	Newspaper Articles, 1978-1980
Box   54 Folder   1	Newspaper Articles, 1981-1982
	Southern Pacific/St. Louis Southwestern Railroads – Purchase (Portion) of Rock Island Railroad
Box   54 Folder   2	SPR 2-6 – Analysis of the Impact of Cotton Belt Operations between Island Junction and East St. Louis, Illinois, 1979
Box   54 Folder   3-6	SPR 2-6 – Exhibits, volumes 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 1978
Box   54 Folder   7-8	SPR 2-7, SPR 2-8 – Verified Statements, 1979
Box   55 Folder   1	SPR 2-9 – Errata Sheets, 1979
Box   55 Folder   2-3	SPR 2-10 – Verified Statements, 1979
Box   55 Folder   4-8	SPR 2-11 – Verified Statements of Rebuttal Witnesses, 1979
Box   56 Folder   1	SPR 2-11 – Verified Statements of Rebuttal Witnesses, 1979
Box   56 Folder   2	SPR 3-1 – Transcripts Corrections, 1979-1980
Box   56 Folder   3-6	SPR 3-2, SPR 3-3, SPR 3-4, SPR 3-5 – Stenographers’ Minutes, 1979
	SPR 5-1 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.
Box   57 Folder   1	Comments, 1979
Box   57 Folder   2	Miscellaneous Documents, 1980
Box   57 Folder   3	Response to Interrogatories, 1979
Box   57 Folder   4	Traffic Diversion Study, 1979
Box   57 Folder   5-6	Verified Statements, 1979
Box   57 Folder   7	SPR 5-2 – Burlington Northern, 1979
Box   57 Folder   8-11	SPR 5-3 – Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., 1979
Box   58 Folder   1-4	SPR 5-3 – Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., 1979-1980
Box   58 Folder   5	SPR 5-4 – Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., 1979
Box   58 Folder   6	SPR 5-5 – St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., 1979-1980
Box   58 Folder   7	SPR 5-6 – Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co., 1979
Box   58 Folder   8	SPR 5-7 – Kansas City Terminal Railway Co., 1979
Box   58 Folder   9	SPR 5-8 – Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., 1979
Box   59 Folder   1-2	SPR 5-8 – Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., 1979-1980
Box   59 Folder   3-10	SPR 5-9 – Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 1979-1980
Box   60 Folder   1	SPR 5-13 – Soo Line Railroad Co., 1979
Box   60 Folder   2	SPR 6-2 – Financial Organizations, 1979-1980
Box   60 Folder   3-5	SPR 6-3 – Labor, 1979
Box   60 Folder   6	SPR 6-4 – States, 1979-1980
Box   60 Folder   7-9	SPR 6-5 – U.S. Department of Transportation, 1979
Box   60 Folder   10-11	SPR 6-6 – U.S. Department of Justice, 1979
Box   61 Folder   1	SPR 6-6 – U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1980
Box   61 Folder   2	SPR 6-7 – Shippers, 1979-1980
Box   61 Folder   3-5	SPR 7-1 – Milwaukee Road Conditions and Pleadings, 1979
Box   61 Folder   6-7	SPR 8-2 – General Correspondence, 1978-1980
Box   61 Folder   8-10	SPR 8-4 – Interrogatories and Responses, 1979
Box   62 Folder   1-4	SPR 8-4 – Interrogatories and Responses, 1979-1980
Box   62 Folder   5-7	SPR 8-6 – Interstate Commerce Commission Orders and Decisions, 1978-1980
Box   62 Folder   8	SPR 8-7 – Status Reports, 1979
Box   62 Folder   9-11	SPR 8-11 – Southern Pacific and Rock Island Pleadings, 1979
Box   63 Folder   1-5	SPR 8-11 – Southern Pacific and Rock Island Pleadings, 1979-1982
Box   63 Folder   6-7	Staff Meetings, 1981-1982
	State Rail Plans
Box   63 Folder   8	Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, 1980-1981
Box   63 Folder   9	Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1981
Box   63 Folder   10-11	Strategic Planning Study by Booz, Allen and Hamilton, 1979
Box   64 Folder   1	Study of Plans to Reorganize the Milwaukee Road, 1980
Box   64 Folder   2	Tender Offers, 1982
Box   64 Folder   3-4	Transcontinental Line, discontinuance, 1978
Box   64 Folder   5	Transcript Excerpts of Interstate Commerce Commission Special Milwaukee Road Hearing, 1978
Box   64 Folder   6-9	Transcript of Proceedings, 1979
Box   65 Folder   1	Transcript of Proceedings, 1985
Box   65 Folder   2-7	Trustee Fees, 1979-1984
Box   66 Folder   1-4	Trustee’s Deed with Burlington Northern, 1980
Box   66 Folder   5	Trustee’s Initial Statements, 1980
Box   66 Folder   6	Trustee’s Progress Report, Per Order No. 534, 1982
Box   66 Folder   7-10	Trustee’s Reorganization Plan, 1979-1985
Box   66 Folder   11-12	Trustee’s Reorganization Planning Group, 1980-1981
Box   67 Folder   1	Trustee’s Reorganization Planning Group, 1981-1982
Box   67 Folder   2	Trustee’s Reorganization Planning Group Manual, 1981
Box   67 Folder   3	Trustee’s Report, 1979
Box   67 Folder   4	Trustee’s Report and Recommendations for the Future of the Milwaukee Road, 1980
Box   67 Folder   5	Trustee’s Verified Recommendations, 1984
	Union Pacific – Purchase of Western Milwaukee Road Lines
Box   67 Folder   6-8	General Correspondence, 1978
Box   68 Folder   1	Labor Issues, 1978
Box   68 Folder   2	Newspaper Articles, 1978-1981
Box   68 Folder   3	Wage Reduction Agreements, 1981
Box   68 Folder   4	Warranty Deed between Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway Co. and Burlington Northern, 1980
	Western Lines
Box   68 Folder   5	Background Report: “Essential Milwaukee Road Service in the State of Washington”, 1979
Box   68 Folder   6	Ernst and Whinney Studies, 1979
Box   68 Folder   7-10	General Correspondence, 1978-1979
Box   68 Folder   11	Union Pacific, 1978
Box   68 Folder   12-13	Wisconsin, newspaper articles, 1976-1978
Box   69 Folder   1-2	Wisconsin, newspaper articles, 1979-1986