The Hiawathas were a fleet of named passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad between Chicago and various destinations in the Midwest and Western United States
Stylized 1939 advertisement featuring a streamlined 4-6-4 class F7 steam locomotive.
A 1935 Beaver Tail observation car at Union Station (Chicago) in 1943
Interior of the dining cars on the Hiawatha, 1939
One of the Milwaukee Railroad's Super Dome cars.
Olympian Hiawatha
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The Olympian and its successor the Olympian Hiawatha were passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. The Olympian ope
Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road trains)
…Milwaukee Road's mainline across Illinois and Iowa to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Omaha, Nebraska (the train split into two parts in Manilla, Iowa) The Olympian Hiawatha — which traversed the Milwaukee mainline from Chicago-Twin Cities-Seattle/Tacoma. The Twin Cities Hiawatha was the original Hiawatha, beginning service…
1911 promotional postcard for the new train, which had all steel passenger cars from its beginning
Postcard circa 1914 that called the Olympian the "fast train" to the Pacific Northwest, distinguishing it from the slower Columbian
Open air observation car used during the summer months, c. 1915
Olympian observation car