March 7th 2006A Milwaukee Road Library dealing mainly with "Lines West"
March 7th 2006
MAP SET: Available are three highly detailed 18" X 24" maps portraying all significant features of the Milwaukee Road from Harlowton to Tacoma. These maps are a must have and when used in combination with Employee Timetables and Condensed Profiles give you an excellent picture of the topography and physical characteristics of the Western Milwaukee Road.
Order from: Jeff Simley, Cartographer, 2185 S. Hoyt Ct., Lakewood, CO. 80227. $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping. milwmaps@msn.com
Books are listed in alphabetical order. The listings are ONLY as a reference on what may be available. Some have become difficult to find (read expensive). Try some of the stores advertising in the trade magazines as well as Internet auction sites and sites specializing in books.
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"Electrification by GE Bulletin No 116" by Central Electric Railfans' Assn. PO Box 503, Chicago, IL 60690. Copyright 1923,27,29, reprinted by permission of GE . |
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"Milwaukee Rails" by Robert P Olmsted pub 1980 by McMillan Publication. ISBN 0-934228-04-3. |
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"Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar Electrics" by Noel T Holley. One of a series put out by Classic Power (#2). Has collector value only, as when I talked to Noel recently, he told me all information covered in this booklet is almost verbatim in his comprehensive book, "The Milwaukee Electrics". |
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"Milwaukee Road Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment Vol. 1" by Doug Nighswonger & Wm. Stauss pub 1999 by Morning Sun Books ISBN 1-58248-011-7. |
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"Milwaukee Road Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment Vol. 2" by Doug Nighswonger & Wm Stauss pub 2000 by Morning Sun Books is now available. |
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"Milwaukee Road Remembered" by Jim Scribbins pub1990 by Kalmbach Publications ISBN 0-89024-075-2. |
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"Milwaukee Road Steam Power" by John Tigges pub1990 by Kalmbach Publications ISBN 0-89024-075-2 pub by Transportation Trails 1994. 208 page hardbound book, ISBN # 0-933449-22-4. Includes chapters covering each wheel arrangement of steam power on the Milwaukee Road and also features rosters. |
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"Milwaukee Road West" by Charles Wood pub 1972 by Superior Publishing Co LC 72-77009. |
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"The Electric Way across the Mountains" by Richard Steinheimer. A re-publication of this book is under way by Signature Press. A significantly expanded appendix are just one of many improvements on this great work. Believed to be Steinheimer's best, this new edition is greatly anticipated. Check the Signature Press Website for more info. Click here As of March 20/04. |
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"The Hiawatha Story" by Jim Scribbins pub1970 by Kalmbach Publications LC 70-107874. |
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"The Milwaukee Electrics" by Noel T Holley. First Edition pub by NJ International ISBN 0-934088-14-4. Likely the most comprehensive study of the Milwaukee Road Electrics. Everything is covered here. New edition published in 1999. See below. |
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"The Milwaukee Electrics" by Noel T Holley. Second Edition pub by Hundman Publishing Company ISBN 0-945434-70-7 (1999). The newest updated version of the above. More details, better captions. Can be found at a very reasonable price. Now in its Third Printing !! |
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"The Milwaukee Road" by Fred W. Hyde pub. 1990 by Hyrail Prods ISBN 0-9628699-0-2. Incredible pictures. History of the Milwaukee Road is well covered. Includes maps. Has become difficult to find. Almost a coffee table size. |
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"The Milwaukee Road - Its First Hundred Years" by August Derleth. pub. 2002 by University of Iowa Press. ISBN 0-87745-801-4. Originally published in 1948, this is a reprint with a forward by Roger Grant. Another must have for those interested in the roots and history of the Milwaukee Road. |
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"The Milwaukee Road 1928-1985" by Jim Scribbins pub. 2002 by Heimburger House Publishing Co. ISBN 0-911581-52-9. |
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"The Milwaukee Road Electrification" by Insley Brain Jr. pub 1961 by The Western Railroader. (Dan Stinson) |
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"The Milwaukee Road Revisited" by Stanley Johnson pub 1997 by University of Idaho Press ISBN 0-89301-198-3. |
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"The Milwaukee Road under Wire" by Karl R. Zimmermann pub 1973 by Quadrant Press. A booklet. Trading in the 10 to 15$ bracket at meets. Very popular. |
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"The Montana Railroad Alias: The Jawbone" by Don Baker. Pub 1990 by Fred Pruett. 96 pages. About the Montana Railroad which was acquired early by the Milwaukee. Numerous early photos and good reading (some grammar errors). Also includes the White Sulphur Springs Railroad. |
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"The Nation Pays Again" by Thomas H. Ploss. Copyright 1983,84,85. ISBN 0-961-3788-1-6. Was it a conspiracy? Who wanted the Milwaukee Road gone? Who filled their pockets? |
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"Railroad History Bulletin No 136" by The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, pub Spring 1977. (Harvard Business School, Boston, MS. 02163. |
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"Railroad Stations in the Gallatin Area, Montana" by S. Hoy. Keystone Press. A softbound coffee table style book (124) pages including many historical photos, some near the end. Includes blueprints for stations and station lists for Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. The NP and UP are covered as well. |
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"The Milwaukee Road's Olympian: A Ride to Remember" by Stan Johnson. This is his newest and covers a ride on the "Olympian" from Chicago to Tacoma. The book is a mile by mile recapitulation of what it was like to ride the pre-WWII Olympian, ca.1941. The book has 12 chapters and approx. 300 pages and 350 photographs. (Stan Johnson) |
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"Under Milwaukee Wires" by Bill Marvel pub 1996 by Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 1-878887-69-6. Great pictures. High quality paper and photographs. Captions are frequently incorrect. |
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Bill Wilkerson Books: Supplier: "The Times Clarion", Box 307, Harlowton, MT. 59036-0303. Ph 406-632-5633
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Titles of Interest to Lines West: "Lines West Memories (2000) (Rocky Mtn Div., Harlowton facilities, some yard maps" (($11.50);"EF-4 "Little Joe" Locomotives" (2nd printing, same story, some new photos (color) $14.00); "Milwaukee Electric Passenger Locomotives" ($11.50); "Fifty Years of Olympians" ($11.50); "Milwaukee Road E-57B" ($10.00). "Montana Railroad Company - The Jawbone Railroad" (($9.00). (It looks like the EP-3 book is the only one missing-Helmut)
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And also available: "Milwaukee Diesels", 1929 to 1985 (($9.00); "Milwaukee Mallets" ($9.00); "Milwaukee K-1 Locomotives" ($9.00); "Milwaukee "L" Class 2-8-2" ($9.00); "Milwaukee Road "F" Class" ($11.50); "Milwaukee Road "G" Class 4-6-0 Locomotives" ($9.00); "Milwaukee Road "S" Class" ($11.50).
Warren Wing Pictorials: lots of Milwaukee Road content
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A Northwest Rail Pictorial: Vol. 1 pub 1983 by Pacific Fast Mail ISBN 0-915713-06-3.
A Northwest Rail Pictorial: Vol. 2 pub 1991 by Pacific Fast Mail ISBN 0-915713-22-5.
A Northwest Rail Pictorial: Vol. 3 pub 1998 by Pacific Fast Mail ISBN 0-9647521-7-4.
These are all in the $30.00 bracket. (Vol. 1 is becoming difficult to find)
Guide (Trail) Books
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"Guide to the Milwaukee Road in Montana" by Steve McCarter, pub 1992 by Montana Historical Society Press ISBN 0-917298-27-6. A must-have for traveling through Montana. Not availalbe any more. Fetches high prices on eBay and specialty book stores. |
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"The Milwaukee Road in Idaho - A Guide to Sites and Locations" by Stan Johnson now in its second edition, updated and expanded. Publisher: Museum of North Idaho. 357 pages, 6" x 9". Paperback $19.95 plus S&H. ISBN 0-9723356-0-9. Contact: Dorothy Dahlgren 208-664-3448 Tues.-Sat. or email: dd@museumni.org. PO Box 812, Coeur d'Alene, ID. 83816-0812 More detailed Review of Second Edition. |
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COMING SOON - Maybe! Mark Borleske informs me he is working hard on his trail guide book for Washington State, with the working title "The Milwaukee Road across Washington". It will include the former main line as well as branch lines in Washington State. SOON! |
Other Books having Milwaukee Road content:
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"Erie-builts and H20-44s" by David Sweetland pub 1999 by Withers Publishing. Covers all roads using these engines but the Milwaukee was the first, good information and pictures. Great cover painting in Montana Canyon. |
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"Montana Trolleys-III" by Interurbans Magazine Vol. 27 No 1 Spring 1970. (Dan Stinson) |
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"When the Steam Railroads Electrified" by Wm. D. Middleton pub 1974 by Kalmbach 0-89024-028-0 The Milwaukee Road is given extensive coverage in this book. Rev Second Edition! Foreword by John W. Barriger, III. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001. 467 p. ; ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
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"Five to Conquer" was never published! It was going to be a pictorial story and referring to the five mountain ranges the Milwaukee Road had to cross on the way to the Pacific: Castle Mountains, The Rockies, The Bitterroots, Saddle Mountains and the Cascades. Some very questionable procedures were used to raise original funding for this book. Nowm, a dead issue. |
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The following submitted by George Werkema
"The Lake Superior Iron Ore Railroads" by Dorin. Milwaukee Road material in Chapter 5, p.94 - 118.
"Main Streets of the Northwest" by Repp. Milwaukee's Unelectrified Gap, p.104 - 105, St. Maries River Railroad, p.106 - 107, Milwaukee Road's Pacific Coast Extension, p.140 - 143, and various Butte and Montana photos p.144 - 157.
"The Wisconsin Valley Line" by Spect and Cline. Covers the Wisconsin Valley Railroad (1871 - 1880) and the CM&StP Wisconsin Valley Division (1880 - 1927), and the CMStP&P Wisconsin Valley Division (1927 - ). Contains many photos of historical interest, traffic density maps, regional maps, historical discussion.
The following submitted by Keith Fink
"The Pacific Northwest Railroads of McGee and Nixon" by Richard Green, 1997 NWSL-Seattle. This is a pictorial of Pacific Northwest railroads in the 30's, 40's and 50's. It covers the Milw., NP, GN, SP&S and UP. At least 1/3 of the book is Milwaukee with some priceless photos.
"The Milwaukee Road in Dakota" by Rick Mills, 1998 Battle Creek Publishing. This is a fine book covering the history of the Milwaukee in the Dakotas from beginning to end and beyond. Also some excellent photos.
"Cascade Division, a Pictorial Essay of the BN And Milwaukee Road in the Washington Cascades" by Martin Burwash, 1995 Fox publications. As stated in the title, this book has some excellent 70's era Milwaukee photos in the Cascades. I really like it.
"Milwaukee Road 1850 - 1960 Photo Archive" edited by PA Letourno, 1996 Iconografix. This book is filled with B&W photos of the Milwaukee system wide, but it also has some excellent photos of "Lines West" construction and "Lines West" depots in the early days.
"Classic American Railroads" by Mike Shafer, 1996 Motorbooks International. This book covers several US railroads but there is a chapter on the Milwaukee that is not to be missed. Excellent color photos of the Milwaukee system wide.
"Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar Electrics" by Noel Holley, 1979 NJ International. An excellent book all about the Bi-Polars with excellent photos and text along with color scale drawings. I think this book may have been published as a companion to NJ Intl/Custom Brass Bi-Polar models that they produced in HO and O scales at that time.
"Growing Pains Three Forks Montana 1908 to 1976" by Frances Denning, 1975 School District J-24 Three Forks, Montana. This book is a local publication all about Three Forks history. It has some good Milwaukee Road history as well as a few old photos of the Three Forks roundhouse, depot, dairy and other on line customers. It also has a few modern 70's Milwaukee pictures. I bought this book at the Three Forks museum 2 years ago, it may still be available.
The following submitted by R.J.Ralston
"Snoqualmie Pass - From Indian Trail to Interstate" by Yvonne Prater, 1981. ISBN 0-89886-015-6 $9.95. Published by the Mountaineer's Bookstore. It is 176 pages and measures approx. 5x8. Try the Mountaineers Bookstore in Seattle at 1-800-553-4453.
"Washington's Rail Trails - A Guide for Walkers, Bicyclists, Equestrians" by Fred Wert, 1992. ISBN 0-89886-299-X. It also is published by the Mountaineer's Bookstore in Seattle at $10.95. Give them a try at the same number as above.
"Steam, Steel & Limiteds", 1st Ed, 1st Printing by Bill Kratville has some pages about the name (the Olympian and the Hiawatha) trains scattered around in the book. But don't buy the book if you think there are vast amounts of facts about the Milwaukee Road. It is a book about many railroads - passenger trains only.
