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Friends living in Southeatern Wisconsin have shared some surviving relics
of Milwaukee's great traction/transit heritage. The pictures on this page have been taken since 2004.
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| Recent work on Wisconsin Avenue revealed this stretch of surviving rail. |
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| Another surviving substation, located @ South 1st Street & West Maple. |
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| The former Milwaukee Northern Railway's Cedar Grove station is now a private residence. |
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| View of the station boarding area taken from the right of way. |
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| The Milwaukee Northern paralleled the former C&NW (now Union Pacific) at Cedar Grove. |
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| Recent photo of the Public Service Building. |
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| Former bus garage, 35th & Wells. |
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| Entrance of 36th & Wells substation. |
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| Public Service Building, 2007. Restored train doors visible. |
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| Window details of the PSB. |
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| Horsecar and streetcar details over PSB main entrance. |
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| TMER&L pole tag near Pewaukee Lake. Pole is still in use by WE. |
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| Another view of the former Waukesha Beach well. |
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| An Interurban Trail sign along the Milwaukee Northern right of way at Knellsville. |
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| Plywood hides a delightful little reminder of the TM interurban era. |
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If you know where to look, you can see the ghosts of TM, WEPCO and M&ST.
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| A former Southside substation is now a heating/air conditioning business. |
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| Another view, South 1st Street & West Maple, |
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| That tower might make a nice loft for a model traction layout. |
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| In virtually all locations, surviving TM rights of way serve as power line corridors. |
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| A doorknob rescued from the former operator training building at Fond du Lac Car Station. |
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| Pabst Theater, with Wells Street Power Plant in background. |
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| Power company yard behind former 35th & Wells bus garage. |
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| Southeast corner of 36th & Wells substation. |
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| A MCTS coach passing the Public Service Building. |
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| More architectural details of the PSB. |
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| Former Watertown interurban right of way near Pewaukee Lake. |
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| Watertown right of way near Pewaukee Lake is now a recreation trail. |
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| The "Devil's Teapot", Muskego, East Troy right of way, looking east. |
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| The Knellsville overpass used to carry U.S. Highway 141. |
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| The "Lost Staircase." Photos taken 5-6-09, at S. 124th St., Waukesha line.. |
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TMER&L Company's founders and early management team must have firmly believed
in electric traction's future. Both the infrastructure and buildings were constructed for the "long haul." Check out the recent
photos displayed on this page and see if you agree.
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| Talk about large scale recycling. One has to wonder how many people know this building's origins? |
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| Another view of the Cedar Grove Station. |
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| The rights of way also serve as biking and hiking trails. |
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| The MRK right of way ended at Howell Ave. It ran to the right of the house in the center background. |
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| The Wells Street Power Plant is now a theater. |
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| Former TMER&L substaion, 36th & Wells. |
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| Lake Park loop for Route 22. |
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| Location of former Lake Park terminal building for Route 22. |
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| Main entrance, Public Service Building |
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| Restored PSB main entrance. |
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| This well was once part of Waukesha Beach Amusement Park. |
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| Remnants of a line pole, East Troy right of way, Muskego. In the middle of the "Devil's Teapot". |
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| Span wire hardware & insulator pins are still embedded in the overpass' concrete. |
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| This was the "County Line Road" stop. |
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