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Milwaukee line charts bold growth across Puget Sound
A review of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway outlines its rapid expansion from a Wisconsin feeder to a transcontinental system. It highlights local branches, Puget Sound ports, Alaska ore shipments, and plans for a Cascade tunnel, Spokane terminal, and Western Washington routes enhancing regional trade and electrification.
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Greater
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
A. J. Earling
Pacific Northwest
Wisconsin
Badger
St. Paul
Hoquiam
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Canadian
Duluth
Calumet
California
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Puget Sound
Pacific
Sound
Alaska
The
Atlantic Seaboard
Nova Scotia
Orient
Far East
Japan
China
Puget
Washington
Butte
Great Falls
Tacoma Mastern
Mt. Rainier National Park