Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Service




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an afternoon hiawatha depicted on postcard between 1956-1963.


historically, hiawathas operated chicago, milwaukee, st. paul , pacific railroad (also known milwaukee road ) , traveled chicago twin cities. first hiawatha trains ran in 1935. 1946, there 4 routes carrying hiawatha name, chicago–minneapolis; chicago–omaha; chicago–wausau–minocqua; , chicago-minneapolis-seattle.


the hiawathas among world s fastest trains in 1930s , 1940s, , these trains reached of peak speeds on stretch, directly competing trains chicago , north western railway ran on parallel tracks. 90-minute non-stop service between chicago , milwaukee first introduced in mid-1930s, , later fell 75 minutes several years. self-imposed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) speed limit routinely exceeded locomotive engineers, until interstate commerce commission rules imposed stricter limit of 90 mph (145 km/h) in 1950s, , train slowed schedule of 80 minutes, though addition of glenview stop. ultimately, speed limit fell 79 mph (127 km/h) in 1968 because of signaling changes, , scheduled duration went 90 minutes end-to-end.








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