While the Milwaukee Road promoted the Olympian Hiawatha and its scenic route through Idaho and Montana's Bitterroot Mountains and the Cascade range in Washington, the railroad competed with the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder, the Northern Pacific Railway's North Coast Limited and the growing airlines.
The Song of Hiawatha | Volvo Olympian | Leyland Olympian | Hiawatha | Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens) | Temple of Olympian Zeus | Hiawatha National Forest | Olympian Hiawatha | Hiawatha (passenger train) | Hiawatha (film) |
Pullman-Standard delivered the cars between December 1948 and January 1949 for use on the Olympian Hiawatha, which operated between Chicago and Tacoma, Washington.