Don's Rail Photos

24 "Jefferson River" was built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 under order #4135.

187 "Coon Rapids" was built in 1948 for the Twin Cities Hiawatha. It was retired in 1970.

1310, baggage-dormitory, was built in 1947 for the Olympian Hiawatha.

2709 was a branchline combine which was rebuilt from an older car. The exterior received the ribbed sides of a streamliner, but the interior was completely early days. All wood, walkover plush seats, kerosene lights, etc.

2716 was a branchline combine which had been sold to the Toledo Peoria & Western as a tool car and was numbered 124. This was where it lost most of the windows in the passenger compartment. It is now painted and lettered as it had been on the Milwaukee.

4401 thru 4440 were built at Milwaukee in 1934 and were the original Hiawatha coaches. 4412 was damaged in a derailment on the Chippewa.

Mountaineer was a sightseeing car used on the Olympian. At least one of these cars became an idler car for one of the wreckers.

Omeme was built in 1936. In 1948, the rear end received fins and larger windows to make it more like the 1938 cars. After 1952, it was converted to storage car 1957.

Merrill was built in 1938. It was later rebuilt as storage car 1960. It was used to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of service to Waukesha.

Wisconsin was a business car built at Milwaukee.

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3/2/2002

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