N SCALE , FP7A ROAD # 96C
STANDARD DC, DCC FRIENDLY ( DECODER NOT INCLUDED )
Locomotive Features:
DCC Friendly Mechanism ( DECODER NOT INCLUDED )
Directional Headlight
Illuminated Number boards
Powerful Five Pole Motor
All Wheel Electrical Pickup
Blackened Wheels
New tooling featuring a winterization hatch (a necessity for trips through the northern US and across the Rockies!)
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From 1947-1961, the Milwaukee Road Olympian Hiawatha ran passenger excursions between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest,
operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee,and St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.
The Olympian Hiawatha took scheduled excursions through scenic Idaho, Montanas Bitterroot Mountains, and Washingtons Cascade range.
On June 29, 1947, the Milwaukee Road inaugurated its streamlined flagship on a 43-hour, 30-minute schedule.
This was advertised as being a speedliner.
The railroad contracted industrial designer Brooks Stevens to design the train consist,
which included some unique and signature cars of the Milwaukee Road.