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East Portal Substation Construction

East Portal Substation, 1915

Tarkio Substation, 1915

Primrose Substation construction, Grass Valley Montana

Primrose Substation, 1915

Primrose Substation construction

Primrose Substation, 1915

 

Article Index

 

 

Edwin H. Bowers, "Milwaukee Electrification," Trains, July, 1941

F.H. Craton and H.W. Pinkerton, "Operation of 3,000-volt Locomotives of the Cleveland Union Terminal" presented at A.I.E.E. convention, New York City, January 23-27, 1933.

Myles E. Robinson, "The Evolution of Steam Railroad Electrification," The Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics, 8:2, May, 1932.

"America's Longest Electrified Railroad," Advertisement, July, 1929.

"Electrification of Steam Railroads," National Electric Light Association Committee Report, September, 1928

E. Marshall, "Great Northern Electrification," Railway Age, November 14, 1925

"St. Paul's Electrification Shows Economies Over Steam", Railway Age, June 14, 1924

Westinghouse Electric Co., "Westinghouse Railroad Data," June, 1924.

1922

Victor Appleton. "Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails," 1922.

C.F. Loweth, "Hydroelectric Power Development as Related to the Electrification of Railroads," Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1922

W.J. Davis, Jr, "Some Arguments for Railroad Electrification," General Electric Review, December, 1922.

H.H. Cochrane, "Water Power Resources of Montana," General Electric Review, October, 1922.

S.T. Dodd, "Electrification of Mainline Railroads," General Electric Review, July, 1922.

New York Times, "Water Power to Aid Railroad Growth," June 12, 1922.

Frank Rusch, "Advantage of Electrical Operation in Mountain Districts," General Electric Review, June, 1922 -- Rusch was Milwaukee's Tacoma Superintendent of Motive Power

W.D. Bierce, Netherlands Railway Electrification Commission Report, General Electric Review, May, 1922 -- reasons for choosing 1500 v DC.

Electric Traction, "Large Cargo of Silk Sent Over Electric Line," April, 1922

P.W. Forsburg, "Control Equipment of Paulista Locomotives," General Electric Review, March, 1922

W.S. Murray, "The Superpower System as an Answer to National Power Policy," General Electric Review, February, 1922 (MILW electrification maintenance costs in Appendix)

1921

Electric Railway Journal, "Electric Locomotives in Two Wrecks," August 21, 1921

W.S.H. Hamilton, "The Use of Helpers in Electric Train Operation," Railway Age, February 18, 1921

W.S.H. Hamilton, "Electric Motive Power in Freight Train Service," Railway Age, February 4, 1921

W.S.H. Hamilton, "Train Handling with Electric Locomotives," Railway Age, January 21, 1921

"The Electrification of Steam Railroads," Railway Age, January 7, 1921


Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Comparison of Steam vs. Electrification Operation, Internal Study, 1921

Donald Frey, "History of N.P. Locomotives," excerpt re: Electrification, Master's Thesis, University of Montana, 1970.


E. Sears, "Snow Fighting Methods on the C.M. & St. P.," Electric Journal, January, 1921

Railway Maintenance of Way Employes Journal, "Lower Rates and Fares," January, 1921

1920

"Over the Mountains by Electric Power," Milwaukee Road Brochure

Electric Railway Journal, "Power Economy Outside the Powerhouse," December 18, 1920

Engineering News-Record, "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Electrification," December 2, 1920

Popular Science Monthly, "Over the Rockies by Waterfall," December, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Relative Advantages of Modern Steam and Electric Locomotives," November 13, 1920

American Lumberman, "Lumber Shipped in Coast Built Cars," November 6, 1920  Boxcabs on head end; first unit train

Electric Railway Journal, "The Electric Locomotive Pro and Con," "Advantages of the Steam Locomotive," "Remarks of the Chief of Motive Power, New York Central," "Coal Consumption on Steam Locomotives," "Mr. Beeuwkes Quoted," "Maintenance of Electric Locomotives Affected by Overload," "Virtues of the Electric Locomotive Extolled," "Mr. Beeuwkes Sends a Contribution," October 30, 1920

John E. Muhlfeld, "The Modern Steam Locomotive," Electric Railway Journal, October 23, 1920

F.H. Shepard, "Transportation Possibilities with Electric Locomotives,"  Electric Railway Journal, October 23, 1920

A.H. Armstrong, "The Electric Locomotive in Heavy Traction," Electric Railway Journal, October 23, 1920

R. Beeuwkes, "Electric Power Consumption on the Rocky Mountain and Missoula Divisions of the C.M.&St.P Rwy," General Electric Review, September, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Electric Locomotives Prove Sturdy Under Strenuous Circumstances," August 28, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Economic Conditions Increasingly Favor Electrification of Steam Railroads, August 28, 1920

William Easton, "Electricity to Supersede Steam as Railroad Power," The Magazine of Wall Street, August 7, 1920

R. Beeuwkes, "St. Paul Electrification Results," Electric Railway Journal, July 31, 1920

The Magazine of Wall Street, "Earling Says No More Electrification," July 10, 1920

M.S. Coover, "Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Between Harlowton, Montana and Avery, Idaho," Colorado Journal of Engineering, July, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Design, Maintenance, and Operation of Electric Railway Rolling Stock," June 20, 1920

F. H. Shepard, "The Milwaukee Electrification," Electric Railway Journal, June 12, 1920

C.C. Whitaker, "Layout of Apparatus for the Cab of C.M. & St. P Locomotives," The Electric Journal, June, 1920

F. W. Bellinger, "Electric Operation on the B.A.&P.," Electric Railway Journal, May 29, 1920

R. Beeuwkes, "Notes on the C.M. & St. P Electrification," Electric Railway Journal, May 29, 1920


Electric Railway Journal, "NELA Discusses Heavy Traction," May 22, 1920

R. Beeuwkes, "Notes on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Electrification," Proceedings, N.E.L.A., May, 1920

A.H. Armstrong, "The Last Stand of the Reciprocating Steam Engine," Scientific American, May, 1920

J.J. Linebaugh, "Holding Down Load Peaks on the St. Paul," Electric Railway Journal, April 10, 1920

Developments in 1919, General Electric Review, April, 1920

E.S. Johnson, "Electrification of the Coast and Cascade Divisions of the C.M.&St.P.Ry.," General Electric Review, April, 1920.

A.H. Armstrong, "Last Stand of the Reciprocating Steam Engine," General Electric Review, April, 1920.

A. Mauduit, "Summary of French Mission's Report on Railway Electrification," General Electric Review, April, 1920.

J.J. Linebaugh, "Power-Limiting and Indicating System of the C.M. & St.P. Rwy.," General Electric Review, April, 1920.

Railway Age, "The St. Paul Passenger Locomotives," March 26, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, " St. Paul Electric Service Out of Seattle Begins," March 20, 1920

Reiner Beeuwkes Manuscript and Publication, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Coast Division Electrified," March 13, 1920.

A.F. Batchelder, S.T. Dodd, and N.W. Storer, "Two Designs for the C.M. & St. P. Locomotives," Electric Railway Journal, March 13, 1920

J.J. Linebaugh, "Short Circuit Protection for Direct Current Substations," Electric Railway Journal, March 13, 1920

A.F. Batchelder & S.T. Dodd, "Passenger Locomotives for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway", Proceedings, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, March 12, 1920

N.W. Storer, "The Baldwin-Westinghouse Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Electric Locomotives," Proceedings, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, March 12, 1920.

Electric Railway Journal, "New Power Supply for the St. Paul," March 6, 1920

Colorado Journal of Engineering, "The C.M.&St.P.'s New Locomotives," February, 1920

Railway Age, "Electric Passenger Locomotives for the St. Paul," January 16, 1920

Electric Railway Journal, "Railroad Electrification In, Before, and After 1919," January 3, 1920.

A.W. Copley, "Electric Power Supply for the Puget Sound Lines," The Electric Journal, January, 1920

Scientific American, "A Gearless Electric Locomotive," January, 1920

1919

Engineering News-Record, "Gearless Electric Locomotive Develops 115,000 Pounds Tractive Effort," December, 11, 1919

Scientific American, "Electric vs. Steam: a Tug-of-War," December 6, 1919

R.E. Ferris, "Exhibition Tests of 3000 vDC Passenger Locomotive for CM&St.P," General Electric Review, December, 1919

W.D. Bierce, "3000 vDC Passenger Locomotives for the CM&St.P," General Electric Review, December, 1919

Railway Age, "Gearless Electric Locomotive for the C.M.& St.P.," December 3, 1919

M.S. Coover, "The Development of Electric Railways," Colorado Journal of Engineering, November, 1919

W.K. McAfee, "New Electric Locomotives for C.M.&St.P.", Railway Review, November 8, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "French Commission Returns," November 1, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul Locomotive Tested at Erie," November 1, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul's Cascade Electrification Will Soon be in Full Operation," November 1, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "Passenger Locomotives for St. Paul Cascade Electrification Ready for Service, October 25, 1919

Railway Age, "St. Paul Locomotive Tests at Erie," October 10, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "Puget Sound Will Use Electricity from Spokane," September 6, 1919

Electric Railway Journal, "Milwaukee Electrification Progressing," August 2, 1919

American Lumberman, "Fire Situation Serious in the West, CM&St.P, May Temporarily Withdraw Electric Locomotives from Service," July 12, 1919

Journal of Electricity, "Railway Electrification in Washington," April 1, 1919

American Railway Engineering Association, Committee Report on Electrification, March, 1919. Shows total power consumption of various electrification projects.

F.T. Hague, "Performance of Motor Generator Sets for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway," Electric Journal, February, 1919

1918

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul v. Murray (1918) 55 Mont. 162, 174 Pac. 704 (property taxation of Electrification, how assessed)

Electric Railway Journal, "Rail Failures: a Class of Trouble Which Seems to Have Overlooked the Electric Railways," December 21, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Milwaukee Electrification Progress," November 9, 1918

Electrical Review, "County Grants Franchise for Transmission Line into Renton," Good for 38 years, November 9, 1918

Electrical Review, "Progress of CM&StP Electrification in Washington State," October 26, 1918

Gerald Smith, "The Twin Armature Motors," Electric Journal, October, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Progress on St. Paul Electrification Out of Seattle," September 7, 1918

C.H. Hill, "High Speed Circuit Breakers for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Electrification," General Electric Review, September, 1918.

John Walker Harrington, "Plan to Electrify All American Railroads," New York Times, August 18, 1918.

Electric Railway Journal, "Washington Water Power Company -- Spokane, Wash.," August 17, 1918

Electrical Review, "Railway Electrification Makes Progress in the Northwest," August 17, 1918

Electrical Review, "New High Speed Circuit Breakers for Heavy Direct Current Service," August 17, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Axle Generators for the St. Paul Locomotives," August 17, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Obituary -- C.A. Goodnow," August 10, 1918

Electrical Review, "Electrification Progresses Rapidly on the Milwaukee & St. Paul," August 10, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Milwaukee Electrification Proceeding," August 5, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "High Speed Circuit Breaker Prevents Flashovers on Milwaukee Electrification," July 27, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Director General Approves Completion of Milwaukee Electrification," July 13, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Keeping Direct-Current Apparatus from Flashing," July 6, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Power Limiting System Reduces Load a Maximum of 30 per Cent," July 6, 1918

J.J. Linebaugh and J.L. Burnham, "Protection from Flashing for Direct-current Apparatus," General Electric Review, July, 1918.

Harry Esty Dounce, "John D. Ryan," World's Work, July, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Substation Equipment for the St. Paul's New Electrification," June 21, 1918.

W.F. Coors, "Regenerative Braking on the Locomotives of the C.M.&St.P. Ry," General Electric Review, June, 1918.

A.H. Armstrong, "3000-Volt Gearless Locomotive for the St. Paul," General Electric Review, May, 1918

New York Times, "No St. Paul Dividend," March 29, 1918

F.H. Shepard, "266-Ton Locomotive for the St. Paul," Electric Railway Journal, March 23, 1918

A.H. Armstrong, "3000-Volt Gearless Locomotive for the St. Paul," Electric Railway Journal, March 23, 1918.

E.W. Rice, Jr., "Railway Electrification as a Means of Saving Fuel and Relieving Freight Congestion," General Electric Review, March, 1918.

Electric Railway Journal, "New Passenger Locomotive for the St. Paul," February 23, 1918.

Electrical Review, "Progress on Holter Dam Construction," February 23, 1918

Railway Age, "Most Powerful Electric Passenger Locomotives," February 1, 1918

W.R. Stinemetz, "The New Passenger Locomotives," Electric Journal, February, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Auburn, Washington Ordinance Permitting CM&StP Electrification," January 19, 1918

Electric Railway Journal, "Developments in Electrical Apparatus in 1917," January 5, 1918

Electrical Review, "Electric Railroads," January 5, 1918. "The first railway in this country to appreciate and utilize the advertising value accruing from electrification."

F.H. Sheppard, "Further Railway Electrification Important," Electric Railway Journal, January 5, 1918

John Liston, "Some Developments in the Electrical Industry in 1917," General Electric Review, January, 1918.

1917

Electrical Review, "Western Red Cedar Poles," December 29, 1917

Electrical Review, "Champions of Better Service, National Fuse Ad," December 29, 1917

Electrical Review, "St. Paul Splits Contracts," December 15, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "C.A. Goodnow Arrives in Seattle," December 1, 1917

W.D. Bierce, "Possibilities of Conservation of Fuel by Railway Electrification," General Electric Review, November, 1917, Part VI

W.D. Bierce, "The Operation of Railway Substations Without Attendants," General Electric Review, November, 1917

Electrical  Review, "Further St. Paul Electrification Contracts Let," November 24, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul's Contract for Power," November 10, 1917

New York Times, "Urges Electricity as Coal Conserver," November 4, 1917

G. M. Eaton, "St. Paul Orders Equipment for Cascade Electrification," Electric Railway Journal, November 3, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "What Could be Done with Coal," October 27, 1917

Electrical Review,  "St. Paul Electrification Satisfactory," October 20, 1917

Electrical Review, "Effective Fuel Conservation," October 20, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification Efficient, Economical and Satisfactory," October 13, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Tacoma Jct Substation Construction to Start," September 29, 1917

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, "The King of the Rails," September 20, 1917.  "Power for the Cascade Zone will be furnished by the Intermountain Power Company ...".

W.F. Coors, "Making an Electric Locomotive Engineer Out of a Steam Locomotive Engineer," General Electric Review, September, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Construction of Tacoma Substation to Begin," August 18, 1917

Electrical Review, "Water Power, Railroads and Electrification -- The Government's Part," August 18, 1917

Electrical Review, "New Electrification to be Undertaken by St. Paul," August 18, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Goodnow VP of St. Paul," August 18, 1917

Electrical Review, "Great Northern to Electrify, Libby to West," July 21, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Long Distance Transmission in Heavy Electric Traction," July 21, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Milwaukee Electric Divisions to Consolidate," July 21, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Equipment for St. Paul's New Electrified Division," July 21, 1917

Electrical Review, "Montana Power Company's System," July 14, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Bids Asked for Cascade Electrification," June 9, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Milwaukee Issues Descriptive Booklet," June 9, 1917.  The Dawn of the Electrical Era in Railroading

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul to Rush Electrification," May 26, 1917

K.R. Hare, "St. Paul to Electrify Over Cascade Mountains," General Electric Review, May, 1917

R. Beeuwkes, "Operating Results From the Electrification of the Trunk Line of the C., M. & St. P. Ry," General Electric Review, May, 1917

A.H. Armstrong, "Conservation of Railway Resources," General Electric Review, May, 1917

General Electric Review, Editorial,  "The World's Railways and Electrification," May 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Mr. Goodnow at Seattle," April 14, 1917

R. Beeuwkes, "Operating Data on the Milwaukee," Electric Railway Journal, March 24, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Great Northern Considering Electrifying," February 24, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Extension of Milwaukee Electrification," February 3, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "Movie, King of the Rails, to be Shown," January 13, 1917

Electric Railway Journal, "The Year in Heavy Traction," January 6, 1917

1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Operation on the Milwaukee," December 30, 1916

Engineering and Contracting, "Why Electrification of Railways Will Make Work for Railroad Contractors," December 20, 1916

Electrical Review, "Recent Advances in Montana Power Stock Due to Great Northern Electrification Developments," December 16, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "A Belgian Engineer's Idea of Heavy Traction," December 2, 1916

Special Issue, General Electric Review, Milwaukee Road Electrification, November, 1916.

George P. Roux, "Electric Power Transmission Economics," General Electric Review, November, 1916.

Electrical Review, "Great Northern to Electrify West of Spokane," October 28, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Mechanical and Electrical Features of CM&StP Locomotives," October 26, 1916

J. Frank Sprague, "The Engineering Development of the Electric Railway," Electric Railway Journal, October 14, 1916

Harley Nehf, "The Concentration of Water Powers," Journal of Political Economy, October, 1916.

Electrical Review, "Pole Lines of the C.M. & St.P.," September 30, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "New Signal Installations on Electrified Steam Roads," September 2, 1916

"Electrification on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway," The Engineer, August 25, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "High Power Incandescent Headlight," August 19, 1916

"Electrification on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway," The Engineer, August 18, 1916

Electrical Review, "Mountain Electrification Proves Complete Success," July 22, 1916

General Electric Advertisement, "Twenty-one Years of Electrification," Railway Age, July 21, 1916.

E.S. Johnson, "An Epoch-making Railway Electrification," Journal of the Cleveland Engineering Society, July, 1916.

Engineering Record, "Advantages of St. Paul Electrification Show," July 8, 1916

Railway Age, "Operation of the St. Paul Electrification," July 7, 1916.

Engineering News, "Electric Traction a Success on CM&St.P Ry," July 6, 1916

Electrical Age, "The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R.R. Electrification," July, 1916

AERA, "About the C.M.&St.P. Electrification," July, 1916

General Electric Company, "The Dawn of the Electrical Era in Railroading," 1916.

The American Review of Reviews, "The Electrification of Trunk Lines," June, 1916

A.H. Armstrong, "Electric Operation on the St. Paul," Electric Railway Journal, June 17, 1916

N.W. Storer, "The Use of Direct Current for Terminal and Trunk Line Electrification," Electric Journal, May, 1916

Railway Age, "Operation of the St. Paul Electrification," April 28, 1916.

New York Times, "Electric Trains Over the Mountains," April 23, 1916.

Electric Railway Journal, "AIEE Discusses Tendencies in High-voltage DC Railway Practice," April 22, 1916 

Electrical Review, "Railway Operation with High Direct Voltages," April 22, 1916

Michigan Manufacturing and Financial Record, "Operating a Railway System with Electricity," April 15, 1916

Clarence Renshaw, "High Voltage DC Railway Practice," Proceedings, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, April 14, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "The Dawn of the Electrical Era in Railroading Advertising Published," April 1, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Advertising Electrification to Tourists," April 1, 1916

General Electric Company, "An Epoch in Railway Electrification," March, 1916

N.W. Storer, "The Electrification of Transportation Lines," The Electrical Journal, March, 1916

Great Falls Power Co. Letter to C.A. Goodnow -- Using more Power than provided for in Contract, March 27, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Unevaluated Factors in Railway Electrification," March 4, 1916

L.C. Josephs, Jr., "Switching Locomotives for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway," General Electric Review, March, 1916 

Electric Railway Journal, "Salvage Values in Electrification," February 26, 1916

Dun's Review, "The World's Largest Electric Locomotives," February, 1916

Railway Age, "Formal Opening of the St. Paul Electrification," January 7, 1916. 

Electric Railway Journal, "New Electric Railway Track Built in 1915," January 1, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul Electrification in the Movies," January 1, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Developments in Railway Electrification," E.H. McHenry, "Some Aspects of Heavy Electric Traction,' A.H. Armstrong, "Opportunities for Electrification," F.H. Shepard, "Considerations in Railway Power Distribution," January 1, 1916

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification for Freight Service," January 1, 1916

1915

George Gibbs, "Progress in Railway Electrification," Railway Age, December, 31, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "The St. Paul Locomotive Tests," December 18, 1915.

Railway Age, "St. Paul Electrification Tests," December 17, 1915.

The Economist, "Ryan Telegram to Montana Power Headquarters in New York, St. Paul Locomotive Tests Unqualified Success," December 11, 1915

Railway Age, "Tests of Operation," December 10, 1915. Tests up to 70 mph.

Railway Age, "St. Paul Electrification Tests," December 3, 1915.

E.S. Johnson, "The First 3,000 Volt Locomotive for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.," General Electric Review, December, 1915.

Electric Railway Journal, " Locomotive Mileage and Electrification," November 27, 1915

Death of Max Hebgen, Mining Journal, November, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Exhibition of St. Paul Locomotives," November 20, 1915.

Correspondence, Start Up, 1915-1916

"Electrification on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway," The Engineer, November 12, 1915

Scientific American, "Three Thousand Volt Direct-Current Electric Locomotive," November 6, 1915.

Engineering News, "C.M.&St.P. Electrification Progresses Rapidly," October 28, 1915

The Engineering Record, "St. Paul Electrification Progressing Rapidly," October 23, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Progress on C.M.&St.P. Electrification," October 16, 1915

"Electrification of 440.5 Miles of the St. Paul," Railway Age, October 15, 1915.

"Water Power Utilization in the West," Electrical Review, September 11, 1915

"The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Electric Locomotives," The Engineer, August 13, 1915

"Electric Locomotives," Railway Age, August 6, 1915 -- gearless electric not suitable for Milwaukee

J.B. Cox, "Contact System of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway," General Electric Review, August, 1915

A.H. Armstrong, "The Operation and Rating of the Electric Locomotive," General Electric Review, August, 1915

Railway Review, "Electrification of Terminal Line at Great Falls, Mont., Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway," July 10, 1915

E.S. Johnson, "High Voltage Direct-Current Substation Machinery," General Electric Review, July, 1915

A.H. Armstrong, "The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Locomotives," General Electric Review, July, 1915

W.D. Bierce, "The 1500 Volt Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway," General Electric Review, July, 1915

A.H. Armstrong, "The Electric Locomotive," Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, July, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification of the Great Falls Terminal of the C.M. & St.P," June 19, 1915

Electrical Review," Electrification of the Great Falls Terminal," June 19, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Line Construction on the CM&St.P Electrification, May 15, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Additional Orders for Substation Equipment and Locomotives," February 27, 1915

"Electrification on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway," The Engineer, January 29, 1915

Scientific American, "A Great Railway Electrification Project," January 23, 1915

D.B. Robertson, "Progress Made in Electrification of Railroads and Economies Effected Therefrom," January 18, 1915, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Engineering News, "Electric Traction on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry," January 15, 1915

Electric Railway Journal, "Experiences with 2400-Volt Locomotives," January 15, 1915

Electrical Review, "Electric Railroads," January 2, 1915

General Electric Review, "Paths of Progress," January, 1915

A. H. Armstrong, "The Electrification of the Puget Sound Lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway," General Electric Review, January, 1915

1914

Railway Age, "Extensive Electrification on the St. Paul," 1914, 57:25.

Electric Railway Journal, "Operating Plans for the Electrified Divisions of the CM&St.P," December 19, 1914

The Engineering Record, "Contract for Equipment for Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Electrification," November 28, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Electrification," November 21, 1914

Mining and Engineering World, "St. Paul to Electrify Rocky Mountain Section," November 21, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul Electrification Plans Unaltered," November 14, 1914

General Electric Company, Contract and Specifications, Substation Equipment, Morel, Janney, Piedmont, Eustis, Locomotive Specifications, 3,000 volt DC freight and passenger locomotives, November 9, 1914

New York Times, "To Electrify Road," November 8, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "Higher Voltage Direct Current," November 7, 1914

J.B. Cox, "The Electrical Operation of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway", Proceedings, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, September 10, 1914

Electrification Department Notes on 1906 Contract with Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad (Pacific Coast Railway)

Electric Railway Journal, "Poles for the C.M. & St.P. Electrification," August 1, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "Butte Electrification Project Held Up," July 25, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "St. Paul Electrification Report," July 4, 1914

"The Electrification of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway," General Electric Review, July, 1914

New York Times, "Copper Men Look Ahead," June 14, 1914

Electrical Review, "Economies Anticipated in the St. Paul Electrification," April 18, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Electrification," March 14, 1914

Journal of Electricity, Power & Gas,  "Electrification of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway," March 14, 1914

Electrical Review, "The Electrification of the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway," March 14, 1914

Engineering News, "Traction Plans of the CM&St.P," February 12, 1914

Journal of Electricity, Power & Gas, "Partial Electrification of Rocky Mountain Division," January 17, 1914

Engineering Record, "Electrical Equipment for the CM&St.P," January 3, 1914

Electric Railway Journal, "Electric Equipment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Electrification," January 3, 1914

Electrical Review, "Electric Railways," January 2, 1914

Railway Age, "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Mountain Line Electrification," January 2, 1914, "to be at 2400 volts."

1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Electrification," December 27, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Driving Systems of Electric Locomotives," December 27, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "The Choice of Electrification for the Concrete Case," December 27, 1913

A.H. Armstrong, "The Engineering Problem of Electrification," Electric Railway Journal, December 20, 1913

Railway World, "Main Line Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul" December, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Main-line Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul in Montana," November 29, 1913

Water Power Chronicles, "Electrification of Railways," November, 1913 -- Electrification of Milwaukee and GN

Allen H. Babcock, "Mountain Railway Electrification: A Study of Tehachapi Pass", Proceedings, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, September 9-11, 1913

The New York Times, "Railroads Plan Electrification for Big Distances," July 13, 1913.

Railway World, "Progress in Electrification," July, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification Progress in the United States," "Locomotives for the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific," June 7, 1913

Railway World, "Additional Details Concerning St. Paul Electrification," June, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification Progress in the United States," June 7, 1913

Electrical Review, "Railway Electrification," May 31, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Division Points for Locomotives," May 24, 1913

Engineering & Contracting, "GE and Westinghouse Working On Estimates," May 21, 1913

Railway Age, "C.M.&St.P. Electrification Through the Rocky Mountains," May 2, 1913

Railway Employes' Journal, "Railway Electrification on the St. Paul," May, 1913

G.F. Stratton and A. Chapman, "To Electrify Mountain Roads," The Technical World, April, 1913 -- Ryan comments

Electric Railway Journal, "Great Northern Railway Electrification Work," April 5, 1913

Electrical Review, "GN to Electrify West of Spokane," March 22, 1913

Electrical Review, "St. Paul to Purchase Washington Water Power to Supply Electrification  Between Avery, Id and Columbia River," March 8, 1913

Railway World, "Additional Details Concerning St. Paul's Electrification Project," March, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Purchased Power for the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Electrification," February 15, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Power Contract for a Trunk Line Electrification," February 15, 1913

The Independent, "Water Power for Western Railways," February 13, 1913

Electrical World, "Contract Between the Great Falls Power Co. and the Puget Sound Railway," February 8, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad," February 1, 1913

Railway World, "Electrification of Steam Roads," February, 1913

Railway Journal, "Electric Power on the St. Paul," February, 1913

Electrical Review," Transmission Line From Great Falls for Puget Sound Electrification," January 25, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Great Northern Railway Electrification in Montana," January 18, 1913

Engineering News, "Electric Traction on the Puget Sound," January 16, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification Plan of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway," January 11, 1913

Electric Railway Journal, "New Mountain Electrification," January 11, 1913

Electrical Review and Western Electrician, "Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound to Electrify 450 Miles of Mountain Division," January 11, 1913

A. H. Armstrong, "Steam Road Electrifications," N.H. Storer, "The Development of the Electric Railway Motor," Electric Railway Journal, January 4, 1913

1912

US Bureau of the Census, Summary of Electrical Industries, "Power Rate for Puget Sound Railway," 1912

C.L. De Muralt, "Aspects of Steam Railway Electrification," Railway Age, October 4, 1912

Electric Railway Journal, "Overhead on the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific," August 31, 1912

1910

General Electric Co., "Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway: Engineering Report on the Electrification of the Rocky Mountain Division", July 11, 1910

George Gibbs, "Cost of Electric Operation of Steam Railways," Engineering News, March 31, 1910.

Electric Railway Journal, "The Accident on the Great Northern," March 19, 1910

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railroad in Far West," March 6, 1909

Scientific American, "The Extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to the Pacific Coast," February 20, 1909, p. 151.

Electric Railway Journal, "The Single Phase System in the Year 1909," January 1, 1910

Electric Railway Journal, "Heavy Electric Traction Projects for 1909," January 1, 1910, failure of generators shuts down GN Electrification

1909

W.R. Prosser, "Electricity Doubles Tunnel Capacity," The Technical World, December, 1909 -- The interest of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul officials in developing water power along their 1,200 mile extension to Puget Sound undoubtedly stimulated James J. Hill to completion of long considered plans for the Great Northern's utilization of [water power].

of the power

Electrical Review, "The Electric System of the Great Northern Railway Cascade Tunnel," November 20, 1909

Electrical Review, "St. Paul Electrification Plans Delayed," July 17, 1909

Electrical Review, "The Advantages of Electrification," June 19, 1909

Electrical Review, "Santa Fe Electrification Proposed" June 12, 1909

Electrical Review, "Electrification of Railroads," May 22, 1909

Electrical Review, "NP and St. Paul Electrification Projects in Montana," April 17, 1909

Railway World, "Power Plants for the St. Paul," April 16, 1909

Electric Railway Journal, "Electrical Night at the New York Railroad Club," March 27, 1909

Electrical Railway Journal," Electrification of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in the Far West,"  March 6, 1909

Electric Trunk Line Age, "The St. Paul Electrification," March, 1909, p. 143

"Electrification of the Mountain Division of the St. Paul Extension," Electrical World, February 7, 1909

Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, "Three phase Electric Locomotives for the GN," February, 1909

Henry Hyde, "Who Owns the Earth: the New Monopoly in Water Power," The Technical World, February, 1909 -- discussion of Milwaukee project on the St. Joe

Electrical Review, "Electric Railroading," January 2, 1909

1908

Railway and Engineering Review, "Great Northern Electrification," December 5, 1908

"Water Power Helps Build a Railroad," The Fruit-Grower, December, 1908

William Thorton Prosser, "Railways Divide a New Kingdom" The Technical World, August, 1908

The Ticker, "Railway Electrification," May 1908,1:2.

F.G. Moorhead, "Crossing the Great Divide by Electricity," World's Work, April, 1908.

Electric Trunk Line Age, "The Cascade Tunnel," January, 1908, p. 39.

1907

Electrical Review, "Comparative Performances of Steam and Electric Locomotives," November 16, 1907

Electrical Review, "St. Paul Railroad to Electrify Bitterroot Division," October 5, 1907

New York Times, "Electric Link in St. Paul Extension," September 28, 1907.

Electrical Journal, "Electric Traction in America: St. Paul Hydroelectric Project," September 6, 1907

Electrical Review, "Possible Electrification of the Southern Pacific Railway," August 31, 1907

Railway World, "The St. Paul's Big Project," August 23, 1907

Journal of Electricity, Power and Gas, "Power and Light," July 27, 1907

Articles of Incorporation of the Idaho Water and Electric Power Company, May 15, 1907

Sheldon Bebee, "Putting the Mountains to Work," The Technical World, February, 1907 -- Harriman and Electrification

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