Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas

In 1935, The Milwaukee Road answered such rivals as Chicago & North Western and Burlington by introducing a high-speed Chicago-Twin Cities service whose trains went by the name Hiawatha," a moniker the company borrowed from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Even though they were initially steam-powered in an era that was quickly converting to diesel, the Hiawathas" became legendary for both their documented and rumored speeds. In this evocatively illustrated history, top railway authors John Gruber and Brian Solomon provide a concise history of the original Twin Cities Hiawatha," as well as the later North Woods," Midwest," Olympian," and North Coast" versions. Throughout, marvelous archival photographs and period ads complement first-person accounts of the trains' development and operations, and help illustrate motive power, passenger amenities, routes, facilities, and Hiawatha" workers, all of which helped make the Hiawathas" transportation icons.Gruber, John E. is the author of 'Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas ' with ISBN 9780760323953 and ISBN 076032395X.