The Milwaukee Road: 100 Years of Locomotive Progress

On a Fall day in the year 1850, the Milwaukee Road's first locomotive, coupled to two cars, ran over the first five miles of track of the new railroad between Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The road's growth in the intervening years has been paced by its progress in the development of motive power.

Typical examples of the progression of motive power developed and used by The Milwaukee Road during its first hundred years are presented on the following pages...


Example	Class	Type, Nickname or Model	Builder	Year

Old No. 1	H	4-4-0 American	Norris	1848
No. 75	H	4-4-0 American	Schenectady	1850
No. 1	J	0-4-0	Lawrence	1851
No. 31	H	4-4-0 American	CMSt&P	1854
No. 287	H	4-4-0 American	Mason	1860
No. 209	H	4-4-0 American	Schenectady	1877
No. 322	H	4-4-0 American	CMSt&P	1889
No. 838	A1	4-4-2 Atlantic	Baldwin	1896
No. 941	K1	2-6-2 Prairie	CMSt&P	1908
No. 1550	F3s	4-6-2 Pacific	Alco	1910
No. E28 ABC	EF-3	Boxcab	GE	1915
No. 10250	EP-2	Bipolar	GE, Alco	1919
No. 10300	EP-3	Quill motor	Westinghouse, Baldwin	1920
No. E71	EF-4	"Little Joe"	GE	1950 (acquired)
No. 5026	N	Mallet compound	Alco	1912
No. 360	L3	2-8-2 Mikado	Alco	1919
No. 6402	F6	4-6-4 Baltic	Baldwin	1930
No. 474	L2b	2-8-2 Mikado	Baldwin	1923
No. 3	A	4-4-2 Atlantic	Alco	1936
No. 206	S2	4-8-4 Northern	Baldwin	1937
No. 100	F7	4-6-4 Baltic	Alco	1938
No. 1690		44-tonner	GE	1940
No. 15	20-EP-6	E6A	EMD	1941
No. 40	27-EF-4	FT	EMD	1941
No. 1682	DE-10	VO1000	Baldwin	1942
No. 262	S3	4-8-4 Northern	Alco	1944
No. 1808		H-10-44	Fairbanks Morse	1945
No. 5		Erie	Fairbanks Morse	1946
No. 990		RSC-2	Alco	1947
No. 81	15-EF-4	F3	EMD	1949
No. 2000		TR2	EMD	1949
No. 962		RS-1	Alco	1950
No. 68	15-EF-4	F7	EMD	1950
No. 92	15-EF-4	FP7	EMD	1950


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