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Former TM rails in downtown Milwaukee - May 7, 2005
by Joe Russ
Around May 1 the City of Milwaukee started tearing up Wisconsin Ave. (at Milwaukee St.) for reconstruction, and digging up some some of the old TMER&L trackage
in the process. Here is what I found when I went to check
it out on Saturday, May 7, 2005.
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Walking along Wisconsin Ave. I found these pieces of rail. There were also a few rusty (signal?) boxes such as the one in the background by the baracade. |
| Here is a piece of rail along with the remains of some ties. Notice the metal gauge bars still connected to the rail. |  |
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Looking down Broadway across Wisconsin Ave. you can see TM rail in the foreground (bottom of picture), and just above the manhole cover. |
| A closeup of the track in the previous picture showing the metal gauge bar still in place. |  |
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And finally, proof that the TM did make a run on Broadway (there's a pun in there somewhere). |
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Created 12/28/05. All text and photos by Joe Russ. Copyright © 2005 by Joe Russ