Thank you again for the historic snapshot. My understanding is the Milwaukee maintained its best up to joining Amtrak with its few remaining trains. I've ridden it only under Amtrak, so don't have a first hand reference. Have you been aboard the Beaver Tail "Cedar Rapids:? It makes appearances here in town rather frequently. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
Unfortunately I haven't experienced anything related to the Milwaukee Road in a museum. I've only been to Chicago once and that was to change planes. But from what I've heard, their dining service was comparable to the UP and Santa Fe up until the end. I've heard some of their sleepers were worn towards the end on forums. But they were no the Southern Pacific or the Missouri Pacific when it came to their trains.
@@thetrainhopper8992 The managements of the former Pennsy and Central were a textbook case of what happens to kids whose moms don't make them play nice and share the sandbox.
The whole passenger rail system went bankrupt finally when the last of the mail and packages went to GM trucks Oct 1967 it was bankrupt overnight! Amtrak kept the Builder Via Milwaukee on the Milwaukee Road avoiding population of the Shoreline on the C&NW route! And avoids Madison, Wisconsin still! If not for the state of Minnesota and a democrat governor of Wisconsin there would be NO second train . Amtrak Builder also does not STOP AT THE MILWAUKEE AIRPORT STATION! Which they went by without stopping for 30 years! A very popular stop not due to the airport but people can park and ride there from Kenosha and Racine! Amtrak in addition to dropping 600 western trains the first day. Dropped the City of Everywhere which was running on the Milwaukee with up to forty cars and six units! I think you should get a copy of Journey to Amtrak printed in 1973. And three more times after that.
I like what your doing, but I subscribed to try to help fill in some details your missing. I was there I was a customer. I still only travel long distances by train. What is a guy that likes trains doing in a dangerous airport?
Both my Great Grandfather and Grandfather worked on the Milwaukee as conductors.
love that original Hiawatha trainset with the high stepping Atlantics running at 100mph...
Waukesha here try this….
Wauk ish shaa
Wauk is like walk….
Minor correction: The ;400; was not called the Twin Cities 400 until 1939
Thank you again for the historic snapshot. My understanding is the Milwaukee maintained its best up to joining Amtrak with its few remaining trains. I've ridden it only under Amtrak, so don't have a first hand reference. Have you been aboard the Beaver Tail "Cedar Rapids:? It makes appearances here in town rather frequently. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
Unfortunately I haven't experienced anything related to the Milwaukee Road in a museum. I've only been to Chicago once and that was to change planes. But from what I've heard, their dining service was comparable to the UP and Santa Fe up until the end. I've heard some of their sleepers were worn towards the end on forums. But they were no the Southern Pacific or the Missouri Pacific when it came to their trains.
@@thetrainhopper8992 The SP and the Penn Central were tied for the award from passengers for "Dear God, why did we take the train!"
I think the Penn Central is the "oh God why!?" of the railroad industry.
@@thetrainhopper8992 The managements of the former Pennsy and Central were a textbook case of what happens to kids whose moms don't make them play nice and share the sandbox.
I was thinking more a match made in hell.
I need to learn to edit better. Thanks for the video.
The whole passenger rail system went bankrupt finally when the last of the mail and packages went to GM trucks Oct 1967 it was bankrupt overnight! Amtrak kept the Builder Via Milwaukee on the Milwaukee Road avoiding population of the Shoreline on the C&NW route! And avoids Madison, Wisconsin still! If not for the state of Minnesota and a democrat governor of Wisconsin there would be NO second train . Amtrak Builder also does not STOP AT THE MILWAUKEE AIRPORT STATION! Which they went by without stopping for 30 years! A very popular stop not due to the airport but people can park and ride there from Kenosha and Racine! Amtrak in addition to dropping 600 western trains the first day. Dropped the City of Everywhere which was running on the Milwaukee with up to forty cars and six units! I think you should get a copy of Journey to Amtrak printed in 1973. And three more times after that.
I like what your doing, but I subscribed to try to help fill in some details your missing. I was there I was a customer. I still only travel long distances by train. What is a guy that likes trains doing in a dangerous airport?