[milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station During 1969

[Ken and Tracie]

Good idea, Larry.

After the NSL shut down, my family became a "Milwaukee Road family" and we 
seldom used the C&NW. So we simply called it "The Milwaukee Road station" 
from the time it opened.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:30 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station During 
1969


> No, I do not recall. I could only suggest doing a search of the Google 
> News
> Archives.
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Ken and Tracie 
> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Larry, would you know what most locals called the new station by 1969?
>>
>> K.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:20 AM
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station
>> During
>> 1969
>>
>>
>> >I remember the Clock Tower was left standing for awhile. I also heard 
>> >the
>> > rumor that the First Wisconsin wanted the Station down for it was
>> > obstructing their view of the Lake.
>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ken and Tracie
>> > <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com
>> >> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yeah, it was empty when I visited it. Became quite derelict in such a
>> >> short
>> >> period of time, like former United States Disciplinary Barracks on 
>> >> North
>> >> Hopkins did, after the Army moved the Reserve unit to the former Nike
>> >> buildings on the south end of the property, circa 1969.
>> >>
>> >> K.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
>> >> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:53 AM
>> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train Station
>> >> During
>> >> 1969
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Yes, give or take a year on the C&NW.  I'd have to check my copy of
>> >> > "The
>> >> > 400 Story" to be sure.  The lakefront station sat vacant for a few
>> >> > years
>> >> > (and had at least one fire) before the City of Milwaukee put 
>> >> > pressure
>> >> > on
>> >> > the railroad and it was razed.
>> >> >
>> >> > A rotten shame that it was.
>> >> >
>> >> > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee Train 
>> >> >> Station
>> >> >> During 1969
>> >> >> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>> >> >> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:47 AM
>> >> >> So Scott, both railroads used the new
>> >> >> station from the very beginning, in
>> >> >> 1965?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I remember seeing the C&NW station not long before it
>> >> >> was torn down.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> K.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
>> >> >> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>> >> >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:29 AM
>> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the Milwaukee
>> >> >> Train Station During
>> >> >> 1969
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I think the C&NW station on the lakefront closed
>> >> >> around 1965. It was
>> >> >> >demolished in 1968.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> >> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the
>> >> >> Milwaukee Train Station
>> >> >> >> During 1969
>> >> >> >> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>> >> >> >> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:27 AM
>> >> >> >> Thanks for the replies, people.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> My family called it "The Milwaukee Road Station",
>> >> >> too. But
>> >> >> >> I believe at some
>> >> >> >> point, circa 1967(?), the C&NW station on the
>> >> >> lakefront
>> >> >> >> closed and their
>> >> >> >> trains also used the new station on St.Paul
>> >> >> Avenue.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> So what was it known as during 1969? Was it still
>> >> >> called
>> >> >> >> "The Milwaukee Road
>> >> >> >> Station" by 1969?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> K.
>> >> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> >> From: "Y Marti" <yance at oldmilwaukee.net>
>> >> >> >> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>;
>> >> >> >> "Gary Schnabl"
>> >> >> >> <gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com>
>> >> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:40 PM
>> >> >> >> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Name of the
>> >> >> Milwaukee
>> >> >> >> Train Station During
>> >> >> >> 1969
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > The picture would have been soon after the
>> >> >> Public
>> >> >> >> Museum was open in 1963.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Quoting Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com>:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > This 1950s or 1960s aerial photo just barely
>> >> >> shows the
>> >> >> >> luggage
>> >> >> >> > company, the subway entrance, and some
>> >> >> visible
>> >> >> >> remnants of the PROW
>> >> >> >> > between 7th
>> >> >> >> > and 8th Streets in the right-bottom corner.
>> >> >> Can
>> >> >> >> anybody peg the year of
>> >> >> >> > the photo better than the description on the
>> >> >> retro
>> >> >> >> Milwaukee website?
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