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E7 diesels on the Afternoon Hiawatha

By Angela Cotey | July 10, 2023

The Milwaukee Road’s Afternoon Hiawatha, led by two orange-and-gray E7 diesels, picks up speed outside of Minneapolis en route to Chicago on Oct. 13, 1947.
James G. La Vake photo

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