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 Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: MILW Versus UP |
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The MILW Hiawatha in UP Color is release
http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/Sales.htm
In 1955 the Union Pacific decided to break out of their agreement with the Chicago and Northwestern to use the C&NW and Northwestern Station in Chicago as their Chicago terminal. The Union Pacific did not go all the way to Chicago, so they had to use some other railroads for their Eastern connection.
The UP put their passenger trains onto the Milwaukee Road instead.
The agreement required the Milwaukee to paint all the cars in the through trains into "Streamliner Yellow". They didn't have to paint everything yellow, but after a while they did. It must have been a real thumb in the eye to the C&NW to see the Milwaukee trains painted in the colors of their former partner!
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