THE MILWAUKEE ROAD RAIL ROAD VINTAGE PORCELAIN SIGN

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad; often referred to as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW); was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1980. The company went through several official names and faced bankruptcy on multiple occasions throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Finally, in 1980, it abandoned its Pacific Extension (Montana, Idaho, and Washington) as a cost-cutting measure following a 1977 bankruptcy. 
What remained of the system operated for another six years until it merged into the Soo Line Railroad, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (reporting mark CP), on January 1, 1986. Although the "Milwaukee Road" as such ceased to exist, much of its trackage continues to be used by multiple railroads. It is also commemorated in buildings like the historic Milwaukee Road Depot in Minneapolis and in railroad hardware still maintained by rail fans, such as the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive.

THIS IS A PORCELAIN SIGN ON HEABY METAL, IT MEASURES 10  1/2"  X  7  1/4"  WITH HOLES FOR EASY MOUNTING.