The Milwaukee Road felt that in order to compete with the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railway , it had to construct a rail line from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast .
The Milwaukee Road was the United States ' last transcontinental railroad .
The railroad   felt that in order to compete with the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railway , Milwaukee Road had to construct a rail line from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast .
The Milwaukee Road was the United States ' last transcontinental railroad .