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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
Crowds have gathered at Tacoma, Wash., on June 29, 1947, to witness the departure of the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha on its first run to Seattle, Minneapolis, and Chicago.
John F. Endler Jr. photo
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Olé to the Olympian Hi! A decidedly festive look, with a passion for trains… Remember that it is always more difficult to put a passenger train into service than to discontinue it.
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