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

[Gary Schnabl]

According to the CNW web pages, Capitol Drive was also called Atwater 
Road and Mineral Road. I can understand why Atwater (Atwater Park), but 
why Mineral? The Estabrrok Park area had some quarrying, I though, at 
one time. Did Capitol Drive really have all those names for various 
segments?
My grandparents' truck farm was listed as being on Capitol Drive (4206 
W, using modern PO address numbering, in the town of Wauwatosa, earlier) 
from around 1910 on, according to census data.

Gary

On 7/22/2011 12:24 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
> 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.


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Gary Schnabl
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