Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Soundex Code C220

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway was organized in 1863 under the name of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. The Illinois portion of the main line was built under a charter granted to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and the Wisconsin portion under charter to the Wisconsin Union Railroad Company; the whole built and opened in 1872 and purchased by the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. It subsequently acquired by purchase several lines in Wisconsin, the whole receiving the present name of the line by act of the Wisconsin Legislature, passed, Saturday, February 14, 1874. The Chicago & Evanston Railroad was chartered, Saturday, February 16, 1861, built from Chicago to Calvary Cemetery (10.8 miles), and opened, Friday, May 1, 1885; was consolidated with the Chicago & Lake Superior Railroad, under the title of the Chicago, Evanston & Lake Superior Railroad Company, Tuesday, December 22, 1885, opened to Evanston, Sunday, August 1, 1886, and purchased, in June, 1887, by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.

In 1928, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company (Milwaukee Road) emerged from bankruptcy as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway.

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) subsidiary Soo Line purchased the Milwaukee Road in February 1985 and merged it on ?Wednesday, January 1, 1986.