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

[Don Ross]

Burnham ended just west of 62nd.  I think there may a piece for a 
block or so after the TM went on private rail at 62.  The rails came 
back on the street at 67th & Becher.  There was a wooden shelter at 
Revere Place. http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1143.htm

Don


At 12:29 PM 7/20/2011, you wrote:

>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.
>
>
>--
>
>Gary Schnabl
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