RAILFAN ARTICLE: Milwaukee Electrics: Fifty Years Gone

The Milwaukee Road had the distinction of building and operating the longest main line heavy electric railroad in the U.S. For more than 50 years, brutish electric locomotives hauled trains over five mountain passes in the Pacific Northwest on what was called the Pacific Extension. Starting in 1917, a variety of locomotives were utilized with General Electric being the dominant builder. This unique and often remote operation gained many fans over the years, and still does to this day, even though the wires were de-energized for good on June 15, 1974.
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