Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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K&L Trainz welcomes the first Milwaukee Road steam locomotive to the K&L Roster: The 1935 A Class Hiawatha Trainset!

Special guest narrator Brent Abdulla tells of the origins behind the Hiawatha, and guides us along the inaugural run of engine #2 on May 29, 1935.

Get your copy of the Hiawatha today at: KLtrainz.com

0:00 Black Thursday
1:02 The railroads fight back
1:49 Streamlining, and lots of it!
2:59 A 4-4-2 Atlantic!
4:16 Passenger cars
4:30 The Hiawatha had been born!
5:16 Departing Minneapolis
6:17 Hastings, MN
6:49 LaCrosse, WI
7:09 Tunnel City, WI
7:41 New Lisbon, WI
8:47 Wisconsin Dells, WI
9:21 Pewaukee Lake, WI
10:01 Wauwatosa, WI
10:24 Milwaukee, WI
11:22 Lake Forest, IL
11:40 Deerfield, IL
12:00 Northbrook, IL
12:20 West Avenue Yard
12:50 Sangamon St. Viaduct
13:11 Chicago Union Station
14:03 Credits
14:37 For more information