Beautiful Milwaukee Road Railroad / Railways Pin. Pin is approximately 1 inch long and 3/4 of an inch tall as you can see in the photo.
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (often referred to as the Milwaukee Road) (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1980, when its Pacific Extension (Montana, Idaho, and Washington) was abandoned following a bankruptcy. The eastern half of the system merged into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986. The company went through several official names and faced bankruptcy several times in that period. The railroad no longer exists as a separate entity, but much of its trackage continues to be used by its successor and other roads, and is commemorated in buildings like the historic Milwaukee Road Depot in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in railroad hardware still maintained by rail fans, such as the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive.
Pin makes great tie tack / lapel pin or addition to your pin collection. Hard to find item, they make great gifts for your favorite or Train buff. I hope you will treasure these memories as jewelry to be worn, and not merely as trinkets to be discarded and forgotten. Please email me with any questions before you bid. Please take a look at my other Auctions for more interesting and hard to find Railroad / Railways Related memorabilia.
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