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Milwaukee Road Chippewa and Copper Country

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curtissjoyce
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Milwaukee Road Chippewa and Copper Country
Posted by curtissjoyce on Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:13 AM
When did the MILW discontinue the Chippewa and Copper County Limited? They ran between Chicago and points in Upper Michigan.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:17 AM
The Copper Country Ltd. came off in March 1968, according to this:http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/NamedTrains/CopperCountryLtd(MILW).htm
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:57 PM
I believe the Chippewa came off around 1958.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:07 PM
According to that same website, which is fascinating, the Chippewa was hacked to death over several years, the last of it disappearing on Jan. 1, 1954.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:02 PM
My December 1959 Official Guide shows the Chippewa still running between Chicago and Channing. At that time it still carried a "lunch coach" as well as coaches.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:04 PM
PS: The train was absent from my Dec. 1960 Official Guide
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 21, 2005 11:28 AM
Per Jim Scribbins' "The Hiawatha Story", Chippewa No 21 made its last run on Feb. 1, 1960; No 14 tied up for the last time on Feb. 2, 1960.

The Copper Country trains (Nos 9 and 10) made their last departures on March 7, 1968.
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