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jay_c -- The Jefferson River is similar to the 10-6 sleepers discussed above. The Lake-series sleepers had 10 roomettes and 6 double bedrooms. The first group of eight River-series cars, including the Jefferson River, had 8 duplex roomettes (accounting for the "staggered" windows at the center of the cars), 6 roomettes and 4 double bedrooms. Both series of cars were ordered at the same time and were delivered almost simultaneously in late 1948. They all had distinctive Milwaukee features, including the oval and round windows in some locations. The Milwaukee received a second pair of River-series 8-6-4 sleepers, Minnesota River and Zumbro River, in 1954. These cars had their duplex roomettes at the non-vestibule ends, and lacked the round and oval-shaped windows found on the earlier cars. The Lake-series cars initially were assigned to the Olympian Hiawatha. The River-series cars initially were assigned to the Pioneer Limited. They remained in those assignments as long as those trains ran, but received other assignments as sleeping car traffic declined on the Milwaukee. --John
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