#twin cities hiawatha

[alightinthelantern]

Twin Cities Hiawatha in later years traveling along the Milwaukee Road’s scenic Mississippi River route between La Crosse, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota. Milwaukee Road photograph. Source

[clovisfo]

Locomotiva Hiawatha. Os Hiawathas eram uma frota de trens de passageiros operados pela Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul e Pacific Railroad (também conhecida como Milwaukee Road) entre Chicago e vários destinos no meio-oeste e oeste dos Estados Unidos. O mais notável desses trens foi o original Twin Cities Hiawatha, que servia as Twin Cities em Minnesota. O trem foi nomeado para o poema épico The Song of Hiawatha de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[guerrerense]

An Afternoon Hi por Danial Por Flickr: Milwaukee Road F7 Class Hudson 103 heads up the Afternoon Hiawatha, at The Milwaukee Road's beautiful Everett Street Station. It won't be long before this beautiful train will be screaming across the Wisconsin countryside, speeding for the Twin Cities. MILW 103 Milwaukee, WI. June 18, 1950 Unknown Photographer, D.A.Longley Collection

[transit-fag]

Based off the high performance of the midwest in the proposed lines poll, which Midwestern proposed route is best for the people

[zponds]

12 days, I made a post going over my OCs from the Chicago & Northwestern. Now this post will go over my OCs from…

Now these engines in the Milwaukee Road heritage fleet are under ownership of Soo Line, BNSF and Union Pacific, and these engines are only found…

on railroad territories there were once owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), which was more commonly known as The Milwaukee Road. And these OC engines from the “Route of the Hiawatha’s” are…

Mike, the 4-4-2 Class A #2 and first Twin Cites Hiawatha engine

Otto, the 4-4-2 Class A #3 and first Midwest Hiawatha engine

Stevenson, the 4-6-4 Class F7 #100 and second Twin Cities Hiawatha engine

Penny, the 4-6-4 Class F7 #102 and second Midwest Hiawatha engine

Gaston, the streamlined 4-6-0 class G #10 and North Woods Hiawatha engine

Whitsun, the streamlined 4-6-0 class G #11 and second North Woods Hiawatha engine

Hubbard, the streamlined 4-6-2 class F3 #151 and first Chippewa Hiawatha engine

Cassie, the streamlined 4-6-2 class F3 #152 and second Chippewa Hiawatha engine

Courtney, the 2-8-2 class L2 #361

Maxie, the 4-8-4 class S3 #261

Olympus, the FM Erie-built #6 and first Olympian Hiawatha engine

Zeus, the FM Erie-built #5 and second Olympian Hiawatha engine

Reanne, the EMD F7 #60a

Amanda, the EMD F7 #80a

Grant, the EMD F7 #109a

James, the EMD F7 #69a

Cal, the EMD GP40 #2026

Arthur, the EMD GP40 #2057

Mindy, the EMD GP40 #2035

Norman, the EMD GP40 #2006

[grantgfan]

Hey, Reanne. In my alternate history of the railroads, Milwaukee Road ordered 40 4-8-6 Ohio steam locomotives. Like with the 4-8-6’s for New York Central, these 4-8-6’s were built by both ALCO and Lima working together. And when Milwaukee Road’s 40 Ohios arrived, they were all streamlined… the first set of 10 Ohios were streamlined with the same streamlined shrouding as the streamlined 4-4-2 Class A’s, a second set of 10 Ohios were streamlined with the same streamlined shrouding as the streamlined 4-6-0 Class G’s, a third set of 10 Ohios were streamlined with the same streamlined shrouding as the streamlined 4-6-2 Class F3’s, and fourth and final set of 10 Ohios were streamlined with the same streamlined shrouding as the streamlined 4-6-4 Class F7’s. These 40 Ohios joined the other streamlined steam locomotives in pulling the Hiawatha, Twin Cities Hiawatha, Midwest Hiawatha, North Woods Hiawatha and Chippewa Hiawatha.

Reanne: wow

[collinthenychudson]

Well, here we go again everyone. Here's round two of another Train-Themed Christmas Advent Calendar.

Day 1: Milwaukee Road Class F7

Info from Wikipedia: 

The Milwaukee Road's class "F7" comprised six (#100–#105) high-speed, streamlined 4-6-4 "Baltic" (Hudson) type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1937–38 to haul the Milwaukee's Hiawatha express passenger trains. Following on from the success of the road's class "A" 4-4-2s, the F7s allowed the road to haul heavier trains on the popular Chicago–Twin Cities routes.

The F7s are major contenders for the fastest steam locomotives ever built, as they ran at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) daily. One run in January 1941 recorded by a reporter for Trains magazine saw 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) achieved twice—in the midst of a heavy snowstorm. Baron Gérard Vuillet, a French railroading expert, once recorded a run between Chicago and Milwaukee where the locomotive reached 125 mph (201 km/h) and sustained an average 120 mph (190 km/h) for 4.5 miles (7.2 km).[1] However, the British locomotive LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is officially accepted to be the world's fastest, with a run recorded at 125.88 mph (202.58 km/h) but authenticated at 126 mph in 1938. The Mallard run was slightly downhill and the locomotive broke down at the end of the run.

The Milwaukee F7s are accepted as the fastest steam locomotives by a different measure—scheduled speed between stations. In 1939, shortly after they were introduced into passenger service, the Twin Cities Hiawatha schedule was modified such that the engines would need to run the 78.3 mi (126.0 km) between Portage and Sparta, Wisconsin in 58 minutes—a start-to-stop average of 81 mph (130 km/h)

In the late 1940s, the Milwaukee F7s were modified to equip an additional Mars Light above the original single highlight to further enhance the safety of daily highspeed operation.

On July 27, 1950, F7 #102 was on a run between Chicago and Milwaukee on the "North Woods Hiawatha." 73 miles from Milwaukee, the right main crosshead froze in its guide. It immediately overheated, broke, and dropped from the guide while the train was traveling at an estimated speed between 90 and over 100 mph. Air brake lines were severed, putting the engine into emergency. The engine was severely damaged, broken drive gear tore up ties and roadbed, and debris (including the main rod) was found as far as 1400 feet west of Edgebrook Station. Information is conflicting on the amount of injuries that resulted; some report that two railroad employees were injured. Another report stated that as the locomotive passed by the Devon Avenue crossing, an automobile driver was injured by flying debris. Whatever the case, no one was killed. The train stayed on the rails, and continued to over 10,560 feet from the station until coming to a complete stop.[2] The cause of the incident was later found to have been caused by the failure of a connection link between the valve gear's combination lever and a Nathan mechanical lubricator. In fact, both of the locomotive's crossheads had been running dry on lubrication, but the right one was the first to fail. After this incident, #102 never ran again, as the cost was not considered worth repairs.

The first one built, #100, was also the first withdrawn from service, on November 10, 1949; and the last one built #105 was the final one in service and was withdrawn August 10, 1951. None survive today, as the last one was scrapped in 1951.

Models and Route by: RRmods, Auran, and Download Station

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Pictured here is the Observation Car that was part of the original version of the Twin Cities Hiawatha, which began operating between Chicago and the Twin Cities on May 29, 1935, one of the first streamlined trains ever to be introduced in the U.S.

To design these successors to the Hiawatha's pre-war beavertail cars, the Milwaukee turned to Wisconsin industrial designer Brooks Stevens. “Trains are the brutes of the transportation world,” says Brooks Stevens Design Associates today. “Big, ugly, uninteresting hulks. And that was the passenger trains. Brooks Stevens changed all that. We designed the Olympian Hiawatha for the Milwaukee Road to be a sophisticated mode of transportation. Streamlined and elegant, inside and out, coming and going.” Probably the most famous of the cars in 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. But at the end of the Beaver Tail, the back of the car sloped downward, giving the appearance of the "beaver tail." The rear of the car had two huge windows facing out back with seats and couches FACING the rear window allowing patrons the ability to watch the scenery go away from them at 100+ mph. The moon visors/fins were not just for looks but helped keep the sun out the their faces.

[aryburn-trains]

The Twin Cities Hiawatha Chicago, IL December, 1968

[rasmasandra]

Marvelous Minneapolis

Minneapolis is a major city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It forms “Twin Cities” with the capital of the state St. Paul. The city is divided by the Mississippi River.

The Basilica of St. Mary is a Roman Catholic minor basilica. It was ranked by Pope Pius XI as the first basilica established in the U.S. The basilica sits on its own block in downtown Minneapolis. It hosts concerts and music…

[airmanisr]

Shades of the Olympian Hiawatha by Jeff Terry Via Flickr: The Gourmet Express, operated by the Friends of 261, ran over the tracks of the Twin Cities & Western (the former Milwaukee Road main line to the west coast) on October 3, 2021. No. 261 led the train west; E9 32A led the trip east. The train departed Chanhassen at 10:00 AM and stopped on the west side of Glencoe. It then reversed directions, and stopped in Glencoe for lunch and photo runbys.

[alightinthelantern]

The Milwaukee Road Skytop parlor-lounge car “Coon Rapids” brings up the tail end of the “Twin Cities Hiawatha”; photo taken near Portage, Wisconsin, May 23, 1953

Source

[guerrerense]

An Afternoon Hi por Danial Por Flickr: Milwaukee Road F7 Class Hudson 103 heads up the Afternoon Hiawatha, at The Milwaukee Road's beautiful Everett Street Station. It won't be long before this beautiful train will be screaming across the Wisconsin countryside, speeding for the Twin Cities. MILW 103 Milwaukee, WI. June 18, 1950 Unknown Photographer, D.A.Longley Collection

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Delores and Shirley Ann Smiley

Sisters Delores, 9, and Shirley Ann Smiley, 6, headed to the popcorn truck after their lunch in Theodore Wirth Park. The girls lived in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood at 1813 17th Ave. S with their parents Israel and Viola Smiley. Israel was a porter at the Gittelson Jewelry Company in downtown Minneapolis. 

The Smiley house was located next to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific (CMStP&P) Railroad Yards. Their house and all surrounding houses, churches, and schools in the neighborhood, a large black community, were torn down in the 1950s to make way for what would become the highway interchange at I-94, I-35W, and Hwy 55 (Hiawatha Ave.). Yet another example of how interstate development disproportionately affected poor and minority communities (see also Rondo in St. Paul and the 35W corridor in South Minneapolis), fueling racial injustices in the Twin Cities for decades to come.

Photo from the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection (Minneapolis Tribune, May 31, 1948) in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. 

[zponds]

Here’s an updated version of my profile picture of me made greatly by @grantgfan and @hunty627. Since I have Procreate, I thought I’d expand and add different shirts and caps (and even shoes) to myself in these pictures. But the one above is the first and original profile and can be used from time to time by myself, Grant and Hunter. And this setup has a shirt that’s green on the top half and has the New York Central logo on it, and the bottom half is red and has the Pennsylvania Railroad logo on it. This shirt’s setup is a nod to the fact that NYC and PRR were fierce arch rivals during their day (before public betrayal, ICC villainy and interference, and mergers happened) over the routes between New York City and Chicago. Not to mention NYC was often dubbed the “Green Team” and PRR was dubbed the “Red Team”. As for the cap, it’s light blue’n’blue and has the Union Pacific logo, and that’s a reference to the fact that UP is the only surviving ancient American railroad.

Here’s the first new profile, and this second shirt has its top half green with the New York Central logo on it, and bottom half navy blue and has the Chesapeake and Ohio logo on it. This symbolizes the fact that during the age of steam on the railroads, the New York Central got the coal for its steam locomotives from the Chesapeake and Ohio.

Here’s the second setup in this group of setups. In this one, I have a shirt that’s navy blue on the top half and has the Chesapeake and Ohio logo, and the bottom is a lighter blue and has the Baltimore and Ohio logo. This set is a reference to the fact that C&O and B&O had a rivalry in terms of transporting people and goods across the Application Mountains.

Here’s the third setup in this group of setups. Here, I have an orange’n’red cap with the Milwaukee Road logo on it. The shirt here has a yellow’n’green top half with the Chicago and Northwestern logo on it, and the bottom half is white’n’red and has the Burlington Route logo on it. This setup is a reference to the fact that during the golden days of American railroading (before public betrayal, ICC villainy and interference, and mergers), these three railroads had a super tense rivalry with each other over the railroad routes between Chicago and Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul), with Milwaukee Road’s Twin Cities Hiawatha, Chicago and Northwestern’s Twin Cities 400 and Burlington Route’s Twin Cities Zephyr all racing against each other from Chicago to Twin Cities, and from Twin Cities to Chicago.

Here’s the fourth and final setup for this group of setups. Here, I have a red’n’white cap with the Burlington Route logo on. And the shirt here has its top half with the two shades of green of Northern Pacific and the Northern Pacific logo on it, and the bottom half of the shirt has orange and brown of Great Northern and has the Great Northern logo on it. This setup is a reference to the formation of Burlington Northern, which was formed when these three railroads merged on March 2nd, 1970.

And that’s all the setups for this batch. More are on the way, I just gotta think about what other colors and railroad logos to add and in which specific setup to serve as a reference to historical facts regarding the specific railroads.

[grantgfan]

Hello, Reanne.

Did you know that The Milwaukee Road’s Twin Cities Hiawatha, the Burlington Route’s Twin Cities Zephyr, and the Chicago & Northwestern‘s Twin Cities 400 directly competed against each other?

Reanne: i do