Today marks the 50th anniversary of the end of service on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an interurban railroad known best as the "North Shore Line." The North Shore ran passenger service, entirely with electric cars, at its greatest extent, from downtown Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI via the 'L' system (through an agreement that allowed them to use our tracks in the city) and its own tracks, connecting dozens of cities and towns along the way. The earliest incarnations of…
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