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Editorial Review:
When the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad was built across Montana, it was lauded as an engineering marvel. When it went electric in 1914, it was the envy of the world. Spanning Montana's rugged beauty with scientific precision, "The Milwaukee Road" was ahead of its time, cutting its twentieth-century swath through the breadbasket of the Old West, providing Montana's grangers with increased access to distant markets. Once heralding the future, The Milwaukee Road is now part of the past, resigned since 1980 to photographs, corporate takeovers, and fleeting memories. The land remembers, too: from road grades to mountain tunnels, Montana recalls the bold Milwaukee. From east to west across Montana and up and down the branch lines, this guide will take you where the Milwaukee dared to go and won't let you miss the places it stopped: the depots, hotels, and roundhouses, as well as the substations that electrified The Milwaukee Road and that now power the imagination.
Guide to the Milwaukee Road in Montana Reviews:
One of the best references for finding ghosts of the old Milwaukee Road 
2008-08-05 - While not exhaustive, Mr McCarter gives a nice description of the remnants of the Milwaukee Road in Montana. From east to west borders, there is a short narrative for each online town, and what's left to see. There's directions for driving to some of them, and reasonably-accurate distances for finding these structures, etc. Don't go to Montana in search of the MILW without it, as there is so much you cannot see from the interstate!
Railroad History Buffs take a look at this one!
1997-02-06 - The Iron Horse, a fire-breathing, smoke belching, steam hissing giant that dared to rumble through the Montana Wilderness on a pair of steel rails less than five feet apart, coursed its way into the history and hearts of Americans. Read this wonderful History and Guide as you retrace the path of the Milwaukee Railroad's electric iron horse through the Montana wilderness. Filled with pictures and loads of information. A must read for Railroad buffs all over the world
