[milwaukee-electric] Re: 25th Anniversary: "The Trolley at East Troy"

[Don Leistikow]

Gary S and list:   Much confusion here.      

Burnham street ended just west of 60th street.                                                       

West Allis Junction with the switchman's tower, was on the C&NW, located
east of the Rapid Transit overhead bridge. This was east of where the
C&NW mainline turned north to Butler and the single line went west to
Madison.                              

Nominally, the TMER&L line to Hales Corners and beyond, was on a line
equivalent to 100th street.                         

As built, the lnes SW to Burlington and East Troy, came out via Burnham
and  Becher streets, turning SW along the then Mukwonago Road (now
National Avenue) then turning South at the line of 100th street. The
cut-off was built norrth from this point to join with the Waukesha -
Watertown line at the then named West Junction, in 1030. The junction at
100t and National avenue, was named Fruitlaand.                                                

The original line west to Waukesha and Watertown, ran north on 3rd
street, then west on Grand Avenue(Wisconsin avenue) to 11th, north to
Wells, then west, over the Viaduct to 52nd, south on prow around the
Calvary Cemetary thence west on Fairview to 70th, south to Greenfield.
Thence west to 81st, south to Lapham and west to 92nd.  A slight curve
to the SW brought the prow to where it ran beside the C&NW alignmnet,
deat west to, Waukesha.                                   

I hope that this explanation covers the ground.                                                     

Don L.