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, …

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Built by Milwaukee Road Shops as Milwaukee Road #5772 "Granite Falls" a Touralux-Coach for the Olympian Hiawatha in 1947. It was converted to a converted to 40-seat leg-rest coach for general pool service in May 1951 and renumbered #552.

Built by the Milwaukee Shops as a 52 seat coach for the Olympian Hiawatha in 1947. #486 regularly traveled between Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Seattle/Tacoma along Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension.

Milwaukee Road Coach 639,... 20 photos Milwaukee Road Baggage... 8 photos Milwaukee Road 10-6 Sleeper... 8 photos Milwaukee Road Parlor Diner... 67 photos Milwaukee Road Parlor 193... 15 photos Milwaukee Road Coach 649,... 122 photos Milwaukee Road Coach 542. 93 photos ...

The Milwaukee Road coach project is slow but is receiving some attention recently. We finally measured and cut new steel panels to replace the ones that did not meet our standards for restoration. Our welder installed the new panels this January and February of this year.

Milwaukee Road, The Progress Coach. Quick Facts About THE PROGRESS COACH Length of body—72' 6". Length overall—81' 8". Height—13' 1", nearly 11/4 feet lower than conven- tional coach. Weight—102,600 pounds fully equipped, nearly 50,000 pounds less than conventional coach. Seating capacity—54 persons (78 are seated in con- ventional coach).

Playing on the “progress” theme of Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress fair, the Milwaukee Road presented its version of what would soon be called a streamlined passenger car. It has roughly the same profile of future streamlined cars, instead of heavyweights, and it had smooth sides with no apparent rivets.

The Milwaukee Road Passenger Cars page provides information about the history and details of Milwaukee Road's passenger cars.

The Milwaukee Road coach project is slow but is receiving some attention recently. We finally measured and cut new steel panels to replace the ones that did not meet our standards for restoration. Our welder installed the new panels this January and February of this year.