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THE MILWAUKEE ROAD EARLY PHOTOS

THIS SECTION IS DEDICATED TO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PACIFIC EXTENSION OF THE MILWAUKEE ROAD. ALL OF THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION AND UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHO MOST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE. ONE EXCEPTION IS THE 1955 PHOTO OF THE TWO JOES WHICH I TOOK. THESE PHOTOS OF WESTERN MONTANA AND THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PUGET SOUND ARE A PART OF MANY OF US WHO HAVE LIVED IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA.

BRYSON, MONTANA 1909

AT BRYSON IN 1909 WE HAVE A WORK TRAIN WITH A FLAT CAR ON THE HEAD END, ON THE BRYSON BRIDGE. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE ORIGINAL WOOD BENT CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A POSED PHOTO SINCE WE HAVE 17 MEN ON THE FLAT CAR OF ROCK, FOUR MORE ARE ON TOP OF STEAM ENGINE #40 AND THREE MORE ARE ON TOP OF THE CABOOSE AND REAR BOX CAR. THIS PHOTO IS FROM MY COLLECTION.

THE FIRST WRECK C.M & P.S R.R. MISSOULA 1909

THIS PHOTO IS FROM 1909 AND WAS TAKEN BY R.H. MCKAY OF MISSOULA MONTANA. STEAM ENGINE #2140 HAS GONE THROUGH PART OF A WOOD PILE BRIDGE. WE HAVE X15 A STEAM POWERED PILEDRIVER LETTERED FOR THE C.M.& ST.P OF MONTANA ON THE BRIDGE. HERE WE HAVE THE BRIDGE OVER THE CLARK FORK RIVER AT ST.REGIS, MONTANA. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC LOW LINE FROM MISSOULA TO PARADISE MONTANA CROSSES UNDER THIS BRIDGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER. I BELIEVE THIS PHOTO WAS FROM EITHER 1909 OR 1910. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE ORIGINAL WOOD PILE APPROACHS TO THE MAIN SPAN OF THIS BRIDGE.

LOMBARD, MONTANA 1915

THIS IS AN EARLY PHOTO OF LOMBARD,MONTANA. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE C.M.ST.&P STATION AND SOME HOUSES. ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU CAN SEE SOME NORTHERN PACIFIC BOX CARS AND THE MILWAUKEE BRIDGE CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER AT LOMBARD. THIS IS THE ONLY 1950'S MILWAUKEE IMAGE OF MINE THAT HAS SURVIVED THE LAST 45 YEARS. THIS WAS TAKEN IN 1955 OF TWO JOES WITH A WESTBOUND EAST OF SALTESE, MONTANA. SORRY IT ISN'T ONE OF MY BETTER IMAGES. click here to return to the main page