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The APEX of Art Deco - The 1939 Hiawatha
Part IV - the end Sadly, the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha is no more. They discontinued service in 1971 when Amtrack started. The cars over the years have been sold off, scrapped, etc. Also, all 6 beautiful Hudson's were scrapped by 1951 when the Railroad was converting their trains from Steam...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The APEX of Art Deco - The 1939 Hiawatha
Part III - The Hiawatha's consist continued Probably the most famous of the cars in the consist of the 1939 Hiawatha were the parlor-observation cars. Like their standard parlors, they had two rows of recliners instead of the traditional fare of 2 person seats as the Hiawatha's 4 coaches had...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The APEX of Art Deco - The 1939 Hiawatha
Part II - The Hiawatha's consist The consist of the 1939 Hiawatha was the Locomotive and Tender, an express-tap, 4 coaches, diner, 2 parlor cars, and the parlor-observation car (also called a Beaver Tail). Whereas the Locomotives were constructed for the Milwaukee by the American Locomotive...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The APEX of Art Deco - The 1939 Hiawatha
The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha. It was a marvel in it's day. Named for the swift footed famous American Indian of story and song, it did the trip from the Twin Cities to Chicago in only 6 1/2 hours, at speeds well over 100 mph at times. The train first began in 1935, to great reviews and...- Minnesota_Jones
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My Favorite Years.
The 1939 edition of the Hiawatha was completely styled from Locomotive to Observation car by Otto Kuhler. He gave the train lots of Deco refinements - from Moon Visor fins on the back of the Observation car over two large windows to look out of, to the styling of the locomotive. I'm not sure...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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My Favorite Years.
My favorite art deco would still have to be the art deco streamliners that graced the rails of the 20's and 30's. Steam Locomotives done up in fancy deco styling, passenger cars with all the latest innovations, truly traveling in style. The Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha's 1939 edition had an...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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Show us your suits
This coming weeking is mine and Kathy's 2nd Wedding Anniversary. Two years ago, we got married on the Como-Harriet streetcar in Mpls. I have some pics of that event on my website. This year we'll hit the streetcar (not literally, that would hurt) again. I'll be in my blue suit with grey lid...- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: Suits
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Belly up to the bar, I'm Buying!
I think I'll join you all here with a White Russian for starters.....- Minnesota_Jones
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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