Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road

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The Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road were a famed fleet of high-speed, streamlined Midwestern trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, renowned for their speed, comfort, and distinctive design in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf named passenger train service ⓘ
streamlined passenger train ⓘ
competition Burlington Route Zephyrs ⓘ
Chicago and North Western Railway streamliners ⓘ
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rocket trains ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineReason growth of commercial aviation ⓘ
rise of automobile travel ⓘ
designerAssociatedWith industrial designer Brooks Stevens ⓘ
linked to: Brooks Stevens
designFeature Beaver Tail observation cars ⓘ
Skytop Lounge observation cars ⓘ
heritage inspired later Amtrak Hiawatha Service name ⓘ
introduced 1935 ⓘ
majorDestination Aberdeen, South Dakota ⓘ
Green Bay, Wisconsin ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis

Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
Rapid City, South Dakota ⓘ
Seattle, Washington ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul

Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
majorOperatorCity Milwaukee, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee
namedAfter Hiawatha, the legendary Native American figure popularized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
notableFor distinctive orange and maroon livery ⓘ
high-speed operation ⓘ
onboard comfort and amenities ⓘ
streamlined design ⓘ
operator Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
peakEra mid-20th century ⓘ
primaryRegionServed Midwestern United States ⓘ
railroadBrand Milwaukee Road ⓘ
rollingStockFeature lightweight passenger cars ⓘ
streamlined diesel locomotives ⓘ
streamlined steam locomotives ⓘ
serviceBrandIncludes Afternoon Hiawatha ⓘ
Arrow (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Chippewa-Hiawatha ⓘ
Columbian (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Copper Country Limited (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Dakotan (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Midwest Hiawatha ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha

Morning Hiawatha ⓘ
North Woods Hiawatha ⓘ
Olympian (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
linked to: Olympian Hiawatha

Olympian Hiawatha ⓘ
Pioneer Limited (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer Limited

Sioux (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Tomahawk (Hiawatha-branded) ⓘ
Twin Cities Hiawatha ⓘ
serviceClass coach ⓘ
dining car ⓘ
observation lounge ⓘ
parlor car ⓘ
sleeping car ⓘ
shortName Milwaukee Road Hiawathas ⓘ
startPoint Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
topSpeed over 100 miles per hour ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amtrak Hiawatha Service → namedAfter → Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road ⓘ
Chicago–Twin Cities route → servedByNamedTrain → Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road) ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
Twin Cities Zephyr → competedWith → Milwaukee Road Hiawatha trains ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
Olympian Hiawatha → partOfSeries → Hiawatha passenger trains ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
Olympian Hiawatha → category → Milwaukee Road passenger trains ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
Morning Hiawatha → partOf → Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road) service ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
Morning Hiawatha → category → Passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road
North Coast Hiawatha → namedAfter → Hiawatha (Milwaukee Road train) ⓘ
linked to: Hiawatha passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road