Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad information
Former interurban railroad line between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee
This article is about the interurban railroad in Illinois and Wisconsin. For other uses, see North Shore Line.
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Cincinnati car 700 near Green Bay Junction in Lake Bluff circa 1958.
Overview
Headquarters
Highwood, Illinois
Reporting mark
CNSM
Locale
Illinois and Wisconsin
Dates of operation
July 16, 1916 (1916-07-16)–January 21, 1963 (1963-01-21)
Predecessor
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Overhead line, 650 V DC
Third rail, 600 V DC (Chicago "L")
Length
In 1954:[1]
88.9 route miles (143 km)
285.1 track miles (459 km)
Route map
North Shore Line highlighted in red Greatest extent highlighted in blueInteractive map
Legend
Milwaukee
Menomonee River
National Avenue
Greenfield Avenue
Mitchell Street
Harrison Avenue
Austin Avenue
College Avenue
South Milwaukee
Road
Oak Creek
Seven Mile Road
Six Mile Road
Five Mile Road
Four Mile Road
Racine
Berryville
Birch Road
Kenosha
South Kenosha
State Line
Wisconsin
Illinois
Winthrop Harbor
Zion
Beach Station
Mundelein
Holdridge's
Crossing
Saint Mary's
of the Lake
Glen Flora Avenue
Libertyville
Edison Court
Thornbury
Village
County Street
Rondout
North Chicago
Knollwood
North Chicago
Junction
Skokie Valley
Route
Shore Line
Route
Great Lakes
Downey
Downey
Lake Bluff
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Deerpath
Sacred Heart
Academy
Fort Sheridan
Sheridan
Elms
Highwood
Vine Avenue
Highmoor
Highland Park
Beech Street
Briargate
Ravinia
Ravinia Park
Woodridge
Braeside
Glencoe
Northbrook
Hubbard Woods
Winnetka
Northfield
Indian Hill
Kenilworth
Skokie River
Wilmette
Glenview
Linden
North Shore Channel
Harmswoods
Central
Noyes
Skokie
Foster
Church
Skokie Valley
Route
Shore Line
Route
Howard Street
Wilson Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Grand Avenue
Merchandise Mart
Chicago River
Randolph & Wells
Clark & Lake
Madison & Wells
Quincy & Wells
Randolph & Wabash
LaSalle &
Van Buren
Madison & Wabash
State & Van Buren
Adams & Wabash
Congress
Terminal
Congress & Wabash
Roosevelt Road
43rd
61st
South Park
Cottage Grove
University
Dorchester
Service
in 1963
abandoned
prior to 1956
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The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (reporting mark CNSM), also known as the North Shore Line, was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service over an 88.9-mile (143.1 km) route between the Chicago Loop and downtown Milwaukee, as well as an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) branch line between the villages of Lake Bluff and Mundelein, Illinois. The North Shore Line also provided streetcar, city bus and motor coach services along its interurban route.
Extensively improved under the one-time ownership of Samuel Insull, the North Shore Line was notable for its high operating speeds and substantial physical plant, as well as innovative services, such as its pioneering "ferry truck" operations and its streamlined Electroliner trainsets. Author and railroad historian William D. Middleton described the North Shore Line as a "super interurban"[2]: 227, 402 [3]: 30–31 [4]: 56 and opined that its cessation of rail service marked the end of the "interurban era" in the United States.[3]: 37 [4]: 79
Since 1964 the Yellow Line of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has operated over a short segment of the former main line from Chicago to Skokie, Illinois. Operating examples of North Shore Line rolling stock have been preserved in railroad museums, and the former Dempster Street Station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
^Interstate Commerce Commission (1956). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Vol. 290. Washington, D.C.: L.K. Strouse. pp. 767–768. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
^Middleton, William D. (1961). The Interurban Era. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0890240035.
^ abMiddleton, William (1963). "North Shore in Sunset". Trains. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing.
^ abMiddleton, William D. (1964). North Shore. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0915348411.
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