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Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” Comes to IRM
Roughly five years after the start of fundraising, Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” dining car 126 arrived at the Illinois Railway Museum on January 31, 2024. The Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, or Milwaukee Road, built car 126 in its shops in Milwaukee in 1948. Originally the car was a
Milwaukee Road 126
Milwaukee Road 126 is a “Buffeteria,” the name that railroad used to describe its buffet/cafeteria-style food service cars. The Milwaukee Road built this car in 1948 in its Milwaukee shop complex as a standard 48-seat dining car, but the railroad rebuilt 126 and two other cars in 1964 as “Buffeteria”
Milwaukee Road Museum
The Milwaukee Road Museum and Archives is operated by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Open only on certain Saturdays during the summer, it celebrates and preserves the history of the Milwaukee Road, a major Class One railroad that once ran between Chicago, Milwaukee, the Twin Cities, and the Pacific Northwest.
Milwaukee Road 265
Milwaukee Road 265 is a heavy mixed-traffic locomotive designed for high-speed passenger and express freight use. It was used for only a decade or so before it was retired and replaced with diesels. It was on display in a park in Milwaukee, where it was nicknamed “Old Smokey,” for some
Milwaukee Road X5000
Milwaukee Road X5000 is a dynamometer car which was used to measure locomotive performance in real-world conditions. It is fitted with test equipment for recording the power, speed, and other information about the locomotive pulling it. It also has a kitchen and bunks for the equipment operators, who would travel
Milwaukee Road “Lake City”
Milwaukee Road “Lake City” is an all-steel parlor-observation-sleeping car built for use on that railroad’s network between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. It features an observation compartment with 180-degree views from the back of the train, a smoking lounge, and “section” seating that converted overnight into bunks with heavy curtains
Milwaukee Road 542
Milwaukee Road 542 is a streamlined coach built in the railroad’s own shops. It is known as a “day coach” to denote its configuration for longer-distance transportation, with more comfortable seating than a short-haul commuter coach. Builder: Milwaukee Road Year built: 1947 Seats: 52 Length: ?? Width: 10ft Height: 13ft
Milwaukee Road 649
Milwaukee Road 649 is a streamlined coach built in the railroad’s own shops. It was built as a “Touralux” sleeping car, a marketing name that the Milwaukee Road gave to its more modern cars fitted with open section sleeping accommodations, i.e. fold-down bunks separated only by curtains. In this guise
Milwaukee Road 1307
Milwaukee Road 1307 is a streamlined baggage car. Cars like this were hauled in passenger trains and were used for carrying passengers’ luggage, express freight, and other less-than-car-load (LCL) shipments. This car was built for use on the famous Hiawatha passenger trains between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Builder: Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road 2050
Milwaukee Road 2050 is a streamlined baggage car. Cars like this were hauled in passenger trains and were used for carrying passengers’ luggage, express freight, and other less-than-car-load (LCL) shipments. Builder: Milwaukee Road Year built: 1954 Length: 661ft 7in Width: 10ft 7in Height: 13ft 9in Weight: 101000 lbs Brakes: ??