[milwaukee-electric] Re: Another C&NW Question

[Ken and Tracie]

Correct, Don.

But until 1929, there was a segment of line which ran north from Capitol 
Drive. It ran through Whitefish Bay into Fox Point and was part of the Shore 
Line.

It was paralleled by the Route 15 car line between Henry Clay Street and 
Silver Spring Drive. After it was removed, passenger trains had to run 
northwest along Estebrook Park to Wiscona, then travel east through Glendale 
and rejoin the Shore Line near the Fox Point-Whitefish Bay border.

I believe this was the original main line between Capitol Drive and Fox 
Point.

I don't believe any of us were around or were old enough to remember this 
line.It is shown on old maps. The junction where the more familiar line 
along Estebrook Park branched away was designated "Lakeshore Junction." 
Capitol Drive was named Lake Street in those days.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ross" <don0731 at gte.net>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:41 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Another C&NW Question


> Shore Line freight came from Butler.  They came from the Belt Line to
> Wiscona and then to The Shore Line.  The only traffic left through
> Shorewood was passenger trains.
>
> I left Milwaukee in January 1960.  (51 years ago??????)
>
> Don R
>
> At 10:06 AM 7/22/2011, you wrote:
>>Why did the C&NW abandon the trackage between Lakeshore Junction (at 
>>Capitol
>>Drive/Lake Street), through Shorewood to their Shore Line?  Why did they
>>decide to send traffic to the northwest towards Wiscona, then east to 
>>regain
>>the Shore Line?
>>
>>Also, what the routing for northbound C&NW passenger trains staring in 
>>1966,
>>when they started using the Milwaukee Road depot?
>>
>>K.
>
>
>