• Milwaukee Road tunnels

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Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.

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  by NRGeep
 
In particular, were any tunnels on their former route to Northwest?
  by NorthWest
 
There were a bunch, including many in the St. Paul Pass area of the Rockies. There was one major one in the Cascades under Snoqualmie Pass.
  by CarterB
 
"The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad stretched from Chicago to Seattle. Their mainline was 2,200 miles long and included 51 tunnels. These were numbered from 1 in Wisconsin to 52 in Washington State (38 and 39 were never built, while 16.5 was added later). Including the branch lines, there were a total of 64 tunnels on the Milwaukee Road, of which 8 remain in use. The CMSP&P was merged into the Soo Line Railroad at the end of 1985." Source: http://wikimapia.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Tunnel #1 in Wisconsin, Red Tunnel #2 was near mile 1,398, about 1,154 miles from
tunnel #1 in Wisconsin. Rest West of there.
List of tunnels here: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/507/t/44086.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
  by NRGeep
 
Thanks for info folks. I now realize this belongs in Granger Railroads forum. :(