Hiawatha - FIRST OF THE SPEEDLINERS a deluxe, hard cover, spiral bound book, detailing the development of lightweight passenger car construction by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad.Milwaukee Shops 1934 - 1935More than 130, 11" x 17" pages with over 220 photographs, most never before published, and 60 drawings illustrating: The introduction of streamlining to the United States. Prototype coaches 4000 and 4400 and the first 75 lightweight cars built by the Milwaukee Shops. The development of the Milwaukee Road's first lightweight - high speed train: THE HIAWATHA. HO scale plans and full color side elevations of all cars produced by the Milwaukee Shops 1934 - 1935, with later modified versions. Also included are THE HIAWATHA'S streamlined 4-4-2 locomotives, and relief locomotive #6160. A photographic pictorial of THE HIAWATHA'S first 16 months of operation. Later modifications and assignments of the 1934 - 1935 passenger equipment built by the Shops.Plus 5 foldouts containing: Original company floor plans and drawings of equipment. Equipment assignments. System map showing routes where the original lightweight equipment was used.