:j )' A Thought At Christmas A. G. Dupuis Manager Marc Green Marie Hotton I F, AS I sincerely hope, the messages which have Editor Assistant to Editor appeared on this page from month to month have stim­ ulated some thought and helped Milwaukee Road men PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT and women find satisfaction in their work, then perhaps UNION STATION-CHICAGO it is logical to speak of the "talks" we have had together during the year now ending. The Milwaukee Road Magazine is pub­ lished for active and retired employes of The Milwaukee Road, to whom it is dis­ tributed free. It is available to others In January we considered why trying to understand at lOc per single copy or $1.00 per year. each other is necessary to survival. As the months went by, we discussed safety; the importance of mending the loss-and-damage hole in our pocket; and the spirit which IN THIS ISSUE develops through years of working together, as exem­ plified by our veteran employes. And periodically we Page took the measure of our modernization program, par­ A Thought at Christmas ticularly with regard to Air Line yard and the new By President J. P. Kiley. .. 2 Super Dome cars. Speaking of Christmas. .. 3 Presentrng the Super Domes. 4 I enjoy reviewing those talks, for they have had to Per Diem Reaches Half-Centu ry Mark . 8 do with our progress together, and there are few things Christmas Card Contest Won by that are more encouraging than a feeling of real ac­ Employe's Daughter........ 9 complishment. Up the ladder Toward Accident- Free Railroading . 10 Appointments 13 As Christmas approaches, I want to thank each of you Famous Tower a Victim of Time. 13 for Y0llt conscientious effort in 1952, and to extend How Are We Doing? 14 greetings to you and those dearest to you. May it be Railroad Retirement News. 14 a Merry Christmas in every Milwaukee Road home and Dedicate Henrietta Crockett Indian a truly Happy New Year! Wing .. 15 Did You Know? 16 How Well Do You Know Your Railroad? 16 Milwaukee R.BW.A. Holds Biennial . 17 Quiz .. .. .. 17 Home Department.. 18 The Good of Heart. 20 ~ Retirements ..... 21 About People of the Railroad .. 24 ..., . • I ',,> A '. "".... '. -- .. ~.~ ~' . •• • ~ < speaking of ~bristmas Rig"t: It's a wonder­ ful Christmas morning feu San d r a Rae and uglas Swenson, the grandchildren of H&D C ductor J. B. Hard­ ing at Montevideo, "'inn. Below: One small choir bov becomes a c oi.. thanks to the imagination of his phO­ tographer father. This is Richard Scott, the The Milwaukee R 0 ad grandson of L.' W. Choral Club, a tradition­ Dietrich, freight serv­ al part of Christmas in ice inspector of Seat­ Chicago, poses in tree­ tle. like formation. Santa arrives in G r e e n Bay, Wis., for a C h r is t mas party given in the s tat ion by the Women's Club. In the larger tow n s and cities through­ out the railroad system, Milwaukee Road people enjoy the hospitality of the club's local chapters. Right: Again t his year the C h 0 r a I Club will. entertain the Union Station holiday crowds in the waiting room. left: Santa Claus and his helper (Gordon MacRae, star of the Railroad H 0 u r, and Mrs. MacRae) make sure the th ree lit tie Mac Raes are safely in bed before put­ ting their presents under the tree. :s-~ember. 1952 The upper level of the Super Dome-a picture of the future of railroad travel. Here is a "room with a view", where 68 passengers can relax in comfort and look out upon the palisades of the Mississippi and the mountains of the Northwest, Presenting ...THE SUPER DOMES With newsreel, newspaper and magazine photographers standing ready, Presi­ dent J. P. Kiley and daughter Jane prepare to christen one of the Super Dome cars in the ceremony at Rondout, III., on Dec. 6. Harry Sengstacken, passenger traffic manager, is beside Mr. Kiley. America's first all-dome railroad cars attract excited crowds ill public display. 40 The Milwaukee Road Magazine THE REACTIONS of the ·many thousands Saturday, Dec. 6, from Chicago Union of people who saw them on display Station to Rondout, III., 32 miles north. earlier this month left no doubt about More than 900 visiting foreign line it-the Super Dome cars are the most ticket agents, guests of the passenger sFectacular package beneath The Mil­ traffic department, were aboard, each waukee Road Christmas tree. train carrying approximately half of the As a measure of the pride with whid1 group in 11 cars-four Super Domes, a the railroad is offering the first aIL lounge grill car, and six deluxe coaches. dome railroad cars to the traveling pub­ Accompanied by Milwaukee Road off.. lic. no effort has been spared in plan­ line general agents, the ticket agents ninf and executing a far-reaching pro- came from depot and uptown offices of ram of promotion which surpasses any­ the many railroads in Boston, New York, hing the company has ever undertaken. Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, New The first public showings of the cars Orleans, and other cities in the East, -iour of 10 to be delivered-were Southeast and South, to be the very first he"d simultaneously on Dec. :> in Chi­ to ride in the very first all-dome cars in cago. :\liIwaukee, St. Paul-Minneapolis America. The undertaking is believed to oi.::': Seattle. Residents of Tacoma saw be the only one of its kind ever attempted ur:e rhe following day. During the week by a transportation agency. o' Dec. 8 they were given the en­ Donning feathered Hiawatha head­ husiJ.scic approval of many thousands gear, the ticket agents joined in the tnding public displays in Spokane, spirit of the occasion and, returning, :\fib City, Butte, Aberdeen, S.D., La­ were unanimous in their praise of the C:05se, ;\fadison, Wis., Green Bay, Des Super Domes as the "greatest things on ~foines. Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Savan­ wheels." [jJ. and Kansas City. The entire effort aimed at acquaint­ HigWighting the presentation of the ing the public with the new equipment bres: and best in travel accommodations was climaxed at Rondout on the morn­ we:e two round-trip runs, one in the ing trip when Miss Jane Kiley, daugh­ ...orning and one in the afternoon of ter of President J. P. Kiley, broke a Above, right: Two of the three levels on which the car is built are shown here. Partially visible at the right is the cafe lounge section. Stairs to the dome lead from the level shown in the background. Right: The dome area is reached by stairs at each end of the car. To afford better visibility forward through the glass dome, the seats have a lower back than most modern coach seats. Below, right: The unique glass canopy of the Super Domes consists of curved safety glass in sections more than three feet wide and five feet high. Each of these shatterproof windows consists of four lavers of glass and two of plastic with an air space between. Below: Visiting ticket agents and other guests JOin In the fun as Chiefs Harry Sengstacken, passenger traffic manager (right) and William Wallace, assistant passenger traffic mana/(er, induct them into the Hiawatha tribe. :E-..--em::;.er, 1952 5 bottle containing water from Lake Michigan, the Mississippi. River, and Puget Sound against one of the cars in a christening ceremony. While in Chicago the visiting ticket agents were the guests of the railroad Mrs. J. P. Kiley and at lunch, and later made a city-wide daughters Jane (next to;.u of the city as guests of the Gray to window) and Mrs. E. R. Hartrich, to­ Line Sightseeing Company. gether with Mr. Hart­ rich, joined President In Service Jan. 1 Kiley for the first run of the Super Domes Although the first six of the new cars on Dec. 6. Picture were received near the beginning of the was taken in the holiday season and were greeted by the cafe lounge section. public in something of a holiday spirit, they were not scheduled to go into service until Jan.. 1. At the time this went to press, however, it was con­ The cafe lounge seats 28 in a beau­ sidered possible that operating details tiful, relaxing setting. might be worked out in time for the An all-electric gal­ first of the cars to head west on the ley and service bal provides· for luncheon Olympian Hiawatha on or before Dec. or be-tween - me-a Is 20. wants, as well as be­ The Super Domes will be the first fore-bedtime snacks dome cars of any type to operate through to the Pacific Northwest Six of them will be assigned to this service on the Olym­ pian Hiawatha, while the other four will go into the consist of the Morning and Afternoon Hiawathas operating between Chicago, Milwaukee and the Twin Cit­ ies. The new cars will be offered with­ out charge to all passengers, strictly for their added enjoyment of Milwaukee Road service. The Sky Top lounge-ob­ servation cars, which have proved ex­ tremely popular, will continue in service Among the most interesting features of the Super Dome cars are the huge equipment compartments containing air conditioning and· on these trains. power equipment. There is one of these compartments, 20 feet Bei ng a "first" in the strictest sense long, at each end of the car.