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The Milwaukee Northern Railway (MN Rwy) was Milwaukee's third interurban company, independent of the
CNS&M and TMER&L. The headquarters was in Cedarburg. The Milwaukee station was on 5th Street between
Wells and Kilbourn.
In addition to the interurban, they also operated a streetcar line on their tracks through Milwaukee's north side,
with a branch to Lindwurm Park. The streetcar carbarn was at 10th and Atkinson. Their city streetcar exchanged
transfers with the CNS&M but not with TMER&L.
In 1922 the MN Rwy was acquired by TMER&L and integrated into the TM system.
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BRIEF HISTORY
Oct. 28, 1907 - Milwaukee Northern Railway (MN Rwy) begins
interurban service between Milwaukee and Cedarburg.
Nov. 2, 1907 - Service extended to Port Washington.
Nov. 19, 1907 - MN Rwy begins local streetcar service on its line in
Milwaukee.
Sept. 12, 1908 - Service reaches Cedar Grove.
Sept. 22, 1908 - Service reaches terminal in Sheboygan entering
city on tracks of Sheboygan Light, Power & Railway.
1912 - Line double-tracked from Milwaukee to Brown Deer.
1922 - Acquired by TMER&L and operated as a subsidiary.
Apr. 30, 1923 - Milwaukee MN station closes, and cars now use
Public Service Building. Deluxe parlor car service begins.
1925 - Cars share new Sheboygan terminal with Wisconsin Power
& Light.
April 30, 1928 - Officially merged into TMER&L system.
Dec. 6, 1931 - New route through Port Washington uses part of
former C&NW spur,and passes through Wisconsin Chair Factory
building.
July 16, 1933 - Route in Milwaukee changed from 6th Street to 3rd
Street. End of freight service.
Oct. 31, 1938 - TMER&L becomes Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
(WEPCO). Transit operations are taken over by a new subsidiary,
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co. (TMER&T).
Sept. 23, 1940 - Line abandoned between Sheboygan and Port
Washington. Cars turn on new loop at Port Washington.
Mar. 3, 1941 - New Port Washington station in service.
Sept. 27, 1945 - Line between Milwaukee and Port Washington
sold to Kenosha Motor Coach Lines (KMCL).
1947 - KMCL sold to Shore Line Transit Corp.
Mar. 28, 1948 - Line abandoned between Milwaukee and Port
Washington. A section of track in Port Washington remained in
electric freight service to bring supplies from an interchange with
C&NW to the power plant. This operation lasted until the
mid-1970's.
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A Milwaukee bound TMER&L interurban pauses at the
Cedarburg station. This building has been acquired and restored
by the Ozaukee County Historical Society as their headquarters.
A similar station in Cedar Grove is a private residence.
Note the smaller building in the left front corner, used for loading
inbound milk and freight.
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Milwaukee Northern Rwy car No.1 was a fine
example of a classic wood interurban.
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After TMER&L acquired the MN Rwy they
rebuilt the cars for use on their other lines.
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A northbound TMER&L
interurban passes the
Grafton Station.
This storefront building
also housed a soda
fountain and sundries.
The destination sign reads
"Inspection Trip" while the
car was operating on a fan
trip.
Until a 2004 street
rebuilding, the outline of
the single track buried in
the pavement of 11th
Street was clearly visible.
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One of the memorable aspects of a trip on the Milwaukee
Northern had to be a ride across this viaduct in Grafton.
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