Classic photos & maps of the Lakewood Branch
MP15 487 shares Lakewood Avenue with neighborhood kids while crossing Wellington in the summer of 1980.
Photo by Mike Chmielewski; used by permission of "The Milwaukee Railroader"
In 1982, #487 spots a car at the Wonder Bread Bakery as a CTA bus heads east on Diversey.
Photo by Mike Chmielewski; used by permission of "The Milwaukee Railroader"
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Overview map of former Milwaukee Road trackage on Chicago's North Side.
Used by permission of "The Milwaukee Railroader"
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Detailed diagram of trackage and customers from Kingsbury north to Montrose.
Used by permission of "The Milwaukee Railroader"
Many thanks to "The Milwaukee Railroader" for the use of these materials from Tom Burke's definitive article "Milwaukee Road Knocking at Chicago's Back Door", Third Quarter 1995 issue. This magazine is published by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Visit their website at www.mrha.com
