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The ''Twin Cities Hiawatha'', often just ''Hiawatha'', was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road), and traveled from Chicago to the Twin Cities. The original train takes its name from the epic poem ''The Song of Hiawatha'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. There are a number of Hiawatha-themed names within the city of Minneapolis, the terminus of the original train. The first ''Hiawatha'' ran in 1935; in 1939 the Milwaukee Road introduced a second daily trip between Chicago and Minneapolis. The two trains were known as the ''Morning Hiawatha'' and ''Afternoon Hiawatha'', or sometimes the ''AM Twin Cities Hiawatha'' and ''PM Twin Cities Hiawatha''. The Milwaukee Road discontinued the ''Afternoon Hiawatha'' in 1970 while the ''Morning Hiawatha'' continued running until the formation of Amtrak in 1971. ==History== In the 1930s three railroads competed for passengers on the Chicago–Minneapolis/St. Paul corridor: the Milwaukee Road, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (the Burlington), and the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). Each managed the roughly trip between the two cities in 10 hours, at an average speed of . In 1934 each of the railroads committed to introducing new services which would reduce the travel time to 6½ hours. The Burlington introduced the ''Twin Cities Zephyr'', a diesel-powered streamlined trainset, while the C&NW's ''Twin Cities 400'' used refurbished steam locomotives and conventional passenger equipment. The Milwaukee Road ordered new steam locomotives from American Locomotive Company and constructed new passenger cars in its own shops. All three trains would enter service in 1935. The first ''Hiawatha'' ran between Chicago and the Twin Cities on May 29, 1935, on a daily 6½ hour schedule over . The four new class A locomotives had streamlining by Otto Kuhler, were oil-fired to reduce servicing time ''en route'', and were some of the fastest steam engines ever built, capable of powering their five-car train at more than . Patronage was good and the consist grew from five cars to as many as nine. In October 1936 the Milwaukee Road re-equipped the ''Hiawatha'' with a new "1937" Hiawatha based, improving on the 1935 design. It had a baggage-‘Tip Top Tap’ car, four coaches, a dining car, and three parlor cars, including a new Beaver Tail parlor-observation car. The new cars featured fluted sides, in contrast to the smooth sides of the 1935 edition. The regular consist was nine cars. In September 1938 the train was re-equipped again with the "1939" Hiawatha with its famous finned Beaver Tail observation car, designed by noted industrial designer Otto Kuhler. Kuhler also styled the new Class F7 4-6-4 “Hudsons” which displaced in the Class As. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Twin Cities Hiawatha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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