Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question

2013-10-07 Thread Bob Werre
Dave, Andre, both the Milwaukee and CNW served the FM Plant in Beloit, so they bought from their customer. MILW had Baby Trainmasters and the CNW had a somewhat larger unit plus both roads had a mess of switchers. However rosterwise, the MILW had EMC, FM, Baldwin and Alco for RS and just

Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question

2013-10-06 Thread Pieter Roos
Hi Andre; I don't know about the diesel scheme, but the Milwaukee the older full name in the herald ca 1953.   Pieter E. Roos From: Andre Ming lam...@cebridge.net To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 12:22 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List

Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question

2013-10-06 Thread Andre Ming
) for a road to be represented on my layout someday. Andre Ming - Original Message - From: Pieter Roos To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 8:55 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question Hi Andre; I don't know about the diesel scheme

Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question

2013-10-05 Thread David Engle
I  remember some early FM switchers had the upper gray initially, I do not remember where to dig them up.  Why was MILW so heavy on FM?-- Beloit, Wisc.  Dave Engle From: Andre Ming lam...@cebridge.net To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:12 PM Subject: {S-Scale List}

Re: {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question

2013-10-05 Thread Andre Ming
Hi Dave: Spent some of this evening trying to a bit of research. Apparently, the earlier MILW switchers and hood units used a dark gray top, a wide-ish red separation line, and the same orange type color as used later on the sides and the same black frames. The numbers were RR roman type