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

[Gary Schnabl]

The 1934 map shows that Burnham went west to 66th Street, where there 
was an interchange heading north off the CNW line to the Milwaukee Road 
at Dickinson Street. At 67th Street, Burnham picked up again to the west 
to 73rd Street. There was another stretch of Burnham two blocks long 
between 82nd and 84th Streets. West of 84th, Maple Street was roughly in 
the same location where Burnham would have been; Maple went five blocks 
to 89th Street.

There was yet another stretch of Burnham between 96th and 98th Streets, 
where the 1934 map placed an arrow pointing out the location of West 
Allis Junction. I though that might have been a team track, but it was a 
two-block stretch of Burnham, I guess.

HTH

Gary

On 7/20/2011 11:41 AM, Don Leistikow wrote:
> 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.


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Gary Schnabl
Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is...

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