Skytop Lounge

Skytop Lounge
The Coon Rapids on the Twin Cities Hiawatha at Glenview, Illinois in 1964. The car is painted in Union Pacific colors
The interior of a Skytop Lounge, photographed in 1967 aboard the Afternoon Hiawatha
In service	1948–1977
Manufacturer	Pullman-Standard (sleepers) Milwaukee Road (parlor-lounges)
Designer	Brooks Stevens
Replaced	Beaver Tail
Number built	Sleeper-lounge cars: 6 observation lounge cars: 4
Number in service	1 used in excursion service.
Number preserved	At least 3 complete cars remain. Other hulks are stored at the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center in Montevideo, Minnesota.
Fleet numbers	Sleeper-lounge: MILW 12, 14–18 Parlor-lounge: MILW 186–189
Capacity	Sleeper-lounge car: 16 in eight bedrooms 19 lounge seats in solarium Parlor-Lounge car: 12 lounge seats in solarium 24 Parlor seats 5 seats in drawing room
Operators	Milwaukee Road (1948–1970) Canadian National Railway (1964–1977)
Specifications
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Skytop Lounges were a fleet of streamlined passenger cars with parlor-lounge cars built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") and sleeper-lounges built by Pullman-Standard in 1948. The cars were designed by famed industrial designer Brooks Stevens. The fleet included both parlor-lounges and sleeping cars. The lounges entered service in 1948 on the Twin Cities Hiawatha, while the sleeping cars were used on the long-distance Olympian Hiawatha. In 1964 the Milwaukee Road sold the sleeping cars to the Canadian National Railway, which operated them until 1977. The parlor cars continued in service with the Milwaukee Road until 1970, when they were retired.