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Milwaukee Road Olympian Hiawatha

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

Only two railroads had their own track from Chicago to the West Coast: Santa Fe and Milwaukee Road. One prospered in the passenger market (Santa Fe) and the other didn’t. Although post-War Milwaukee streamlined its Olympian Hi sooner than one … Continue reading →

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Baltimore and Ohio all-coach Columbian, late 1940s/early ’50s

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

As a kid, I wrote to railroads and asked them to send me pictures of their trains. This came from B&O, along with an interior shot of a coach with snack bar, a system map, and other less interesting, more … Continue reading →

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