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Privately run intercity passenger service in Milwaukee was a thing of the past by early 1971. The Federal government had formed Amtrak to remove the burden of passenger service from the railroads and insure that core passenger routes remained active. By May 1st, when Amtrak rolled into Milwaukee, things had changed. Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha and C&NW's bi-level Streamliners were out, but Amtrak's Empire Builder was in. Direct rail service was now available all the way to Seattle, but one could no longer travel to Green Bay! All passenger service on C&NW rails was gone, but Amtrak did pick up some Chicago-Milwaukee trains over Milwaukee Road rails. These new trains looked different, too. Amtrak paint was months away and its first units were made up of mismatched heritage cars and engines that earned them the nickname "Rainbow" trains (BN green, GN orange and blue, Milwaukee yellow, Burlington silver, NP greens, and others). Their classic motive power included E-9s, F-3s, F-7s, and F-9s.Empire Builders to Milwaukee takes you back to the six months preceding and following the start of Amtrak service in Milwaukee. You'll view the Morning Hiawatha and the C&NW bi-level Streamliners during their last winter and spring of operations as well as Amtrak's new Empire Builder and Chicago-Milwaukee corridor service. Also making appearances are freights (many pulled by venerable GP35s and GP9s) on the Milwaukee Road and Soo Line, the commuter Cannonball, and specials including Amtrak's Turbo Train on its national tour and the Great Circus Train of 1971. These exciting scenes were filmed at Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, Duplainville, Brookfield, Elm Grove, Wauwatosa, Oak Creek, West Bend, and other Milwaukee metro areas. There's plenty to enjoy in this fascinating tribute to Amtrak's early Empire Builders!

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: pentrexvideos

Length: 03:46
Rating: 4.869863
Views: 123159

Tags: empire  builder  amtrak  early  pentrex  e9  f7  vintage  passenger  train  

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Bails992 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I love the old American Diesels!
bobmartin3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Famous Train Names Such As The Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas!Chicago, And Northwestern Streamliners!And Burlington Northern's Northcoast Limited Must Be Saved Too!
HarveyHenkelmann (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
To hell with those 'GEVOS'Everything post-Dash 2 can go to the scrapyard
nyshortline (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
FP-45. Looks like an F-40 but it's C-C trucked.
as97ir (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i forgot all about trains but now PLANES B-747s
HaydenFSX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
whoops its a f45!!
HaydenFSX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Whats that 3rd loco at about 2:06Looks like a f40ph but that was years away
superjesse64 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I never liked Amtrak's appearance when I read about it.
kmillard (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Check out the single notes horn at 2;29. I like the 2-note horn on the GP35 at 1:54.
b5kalad (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
HarveyHankelmann, sad but you are correct regarding the USA. I just took the Empire builder from Seattle to Chicago two weeks ago. It felt like go back in time. A better time for the USA.I am working on moving to Israel because I fear what is going to happen here in the USA and wanted to take the Empire Builder before it was took late.

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