[milwaukee-electric] Re: Hales Corners Terminal

[Don L. Leistikow]

Ken and list:   You're forgetting the online industries in Hales
Corners.                      

There once was an industry on the site of today's Holz Motors.  A Lumber
Company, perhaps, long gone before Speedrail.  Then, on the SW corner of
S. 108th Street (Hwy 100) and North Cape Road, was the site of Hales
Corners Lumber & Fuel.  They regularly received Hopper Cars of Coal over
there.  At Hillcrest (HC Loop) was a small Standard Oil facility, very
similar to that which stood at the wye in East Troy.  Plus  separate
lead track also led to the fence line of a former WEPCO Yard for Line
Poles and Line Hardware.  So, there was ample reason for the cars to
loop at Hillcrest.                                    

Furthermore, the 300, 301 cars had a smoking partition still in place
which was kept to the rear of the car.  Albeit, there was a no smoking
rule on Speedrail cars, no one removed this partition.  The Smoker
actually encompassed about 25% of the cars seatingl.   The number two
end of these cars saw little use.                       

Don L.                           


ps:   During the rush hours, the Duplexes were pressed into service.
the 31-40 being used on the Waukesha Line.  41-46 were used in HC
service and the 47-50 trains were used in PSB-WJ service only.  The last
two trains did not get Field Tappers.           dll