Twin Cities Hiawatha
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The Twin Cities Hiawatha, often just Hiawatha, was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, and traveled from Chicago to the Twin Cities. The original
The Morning Hiawatha in 1964
A postcard depicts the distinctive original Class A in 1935.
The Afternoon Hiawatha in 1956
Milwaukee Road class F7
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The Milwaukee Road's class "F7" comprised six high-speed, streamlined 4-6-4 "Baltic" type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in 1937–38 to haul the Milwaukee's Hiawatha express
Twin Cities Hiawatha
…the "1939" Hiawatha with its famous finned Beaver Tail observation car, designed by noted industrial designer Otto Kuhler. Kuhler also styled the new Class F7 4-6-4 “Hudsons” which displaced the Class As. From January 21, 1939, the Twin Cities Hiawatha became two trains: the Morning Hiawatha (trains 5 and 6…
A class F7 being moved out of the Alco factory