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Patricia Howell, a 14-year veteran of Seaboard Air Line’s stewardess-nurse program, poses with the observation car of the Silver Star in 1955. Fraser Hale photo

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When the Green Hornet raced the Hiawatha

A thrilling encounter with Milwaukee Road’s 100-mph steam-powered speedster

The year is 1939, and I am a student at the Chicago Academy of Art. Thanks to our mutual interest in railroads, classmate Howard Fogg and I have become friends sharing many railfan adventures. It’s a landmark day for me, because Howard is about to in

The Railroad Capital through the Years

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