The truth is there is no need to be a Milwaukee modeler to want a couple of these cars, as they are very distinctive and show up in train photos all over the country from the 1940's through the 1970's
A good over view can be found at http://ribsidecars.com Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 3/3/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, There are a fair amount of > Milwaukee fans or modelers who > interchange with the Milwaukee Road. Interestingly, > the historical > group has a very large membership roster and well attended > yearly meets > plus a modelers meet around the Milwaukee, Wis area. > > Equipment-wise steam era stuff would have to be mostly > stand-in stuff. > The AM steam engines don't come too close, but the > Milwaukee had a taste > of most brands of diesels and many models of those except > for the > exotics. Passenger equipment is probably the hardest > to deal with > because the Milwaukee made most of their own cars, and cars > like the PS > full length domes weren't common to other RR's. Of > course our big coup > was the rib-sided cabooses from River Raisin. A AM > RS-3, or SHS SW-1, a > dozen assorted freight cars plus a dedicated caboose and > anybody car run > a branchline train through the weeds! Some tomalco > code 70 rail laid in > a fairly sloppy manner would be just fine as long as you > don't forget > weeds but do forgo the ballast! > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > > > How many Milwaukee guys are on this list? I'm on and > off depending > > upon what I can get my hands on. Picking up a pair of > RS-3s in Duluth > > really helped going back into 'on' mode. I may even > try my hand at > > painting someday when time permits. So you could count > me in for > > several of the ribbed box cars. > > Ben Trousdale > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
