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First run of the Olympian Hiawatha

By Angela Cotey | March 26, 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.

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