and Pacific Railroad Company St. Paul Milwaukee Chicago

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company was the corporate name of the railroad better known as the Milwaukee Road, a major U.S. rail system that operated across the Midwest and Northwest. Reference works describe its roots in the 19th century, with the company taking the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific name in 1927.

Because this is a company, not a person, there is no personal life story to tell in the usual author sense. The name appears in library catalogs because the railroad published material under its own imprint, including commemorative and promotional works connected to its history and routes.

If this is the credited “author” on your book, readers are likely looking at a railroad-issued publication—part corporate history, part travel or regional document—from one of the best-known railroads in American history.