[kickonly88]

I was a member of this union when I worked for The Milwaukee Road railroad. Had to be to work there. That railroad no longer exists.

[railroader]

I was a member of this union when I worked for The Milwaukee Road railroad. Had to be to work there. That railroad no longer exists.

I doubt the Milwaukee Road's unions helped matters (a la Rock Island Lines), but that railroad's December 1977 bankruptcy actually allowed it to downsize and reorganize into a profitable system (helped out by the rate-making freedoms allowed under the Staggers Act). So much so, that the Chicago & North Western and Soo Line started a bidding war for the carrier. The latter won out, and much of the Milwaukee Road is now part of the Canadian Pacific, and also some shortline and regional railroads.