| Some bridge pieces at the CP Rail former Milwaukee Road Shop facility in Tomah, WI. Tomah was once the location for the Milwaukee's Maintenance of Way Shops. It included the Bridge Works, equipment shop, frog shop rail mill and served as the stores department. The facility served the entire Milwaukee Road system. The facility also repaired M.o.W. equipment. The Milwaukee Road Bridge Works started up here in 1890 and the Milwaukee's Frog Shop followed in 1907. The entire facility covered 100 acres. Following the Soo take over of the Milwaukee, the facility gradually closed down. The equipment shop closed in 1985, the rail mill closed in 1991, the frog shop closed in 1992 and the Stores Department closed in 1998. Not much remains in 2016. ( Wisconsin Historical Society; Milwaukee Road Historical Association, TMR 2nd Qtr 2016 ) |