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Class A 4-4-2 No. 2 hauls the Milwaukee Road’s newly launched Hiawatha up the hill and around the curve out of Chicago Union Station in mid-1935. Alexander Maxwell photo
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Note that the Milwaukee Road class A #2 was built by ALCO in 1935. It was retired in 1951. This rail bird reached 112.5 mph at the first time with a dynamometer car.