Fri., Sept. 11, 2015

Do you Remember the Milwaukee Road?

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific freight steam locomotive was built in 1912 and scrapped in 1934. The locomotive was used to pull freight trains on the Milwaukee main line from Avery, Idaho to Othello, Wash. David L. Snyder, left, worked for the Milwaukee from 1920 to 1928. He later worked as an engineer for the Great Northern Railway in Spokane. Photo submitted by David L. Snyder, son

From 1909, when the Milwaukee Road, the common name of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, connected Spokane to Seattle and to points east, until the rails were removed from downtown area, the Milwaukee played a large part in Spokane's history. The first few decades were filled with explosive growth, then followed by the inevitable decline as buses, trucks, airplanes and automobiles took over its duties. By 1980, the Milwaukee Road was no more, at least in the Northwest. Do you have any memories of the Milwaukee Road?

Posted Sept. 11, 2015, 2:48 p.m.