Well, might as well start the year off right. No caboose on any railroad was more identifiable with the railroad that built them than The Milwaukee Road's "rib-side" cabooses. The craftsmen of the Milwaukee shops put together welded, horizontal side rib construction methods that proved lighter and stronger than other methods. Between 1939 and 1951, The Milwaukee Road built 315 bay-window, rib-side cabooses. Seven different versions of the "rib-siders" were built over those years with modifications and improvements added to the design and earlier designs upgraded with those improvements. These cabooses lasted longer than the railroad itself.
In 2007 River Raisin Models will build two versions of these hallmark cabooses. The first will cover cabooses built between 1939 and 1941 The second version covers those built in from 1949. The "original" versions will have the drop equalized passenger trucks that gave the prototypes an exceptional ride and the 1949 version will have the modernized caboose trucks. The models will come painted an lettered either in the original "as built" scheme or the scheme most prevalent from the mid-1960's forward. A limited number of Hirail versions and/ or unpainted, shiny brass models will be offered. We are asking for $100 deposits to reserve. The web site should have additional information in a week or so; or you can always contact me off-line for an advertising sheet. (The ad contains photos and is a 2+ MB file.) Happy New Year !!! Jim Kindraka River Raisin Models http://www.riverraisinmodels.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
