Just so; they are one of the more-distinctive freight cars that were yet very common in interchange (like the B&O wagontops Jim King has already done). I bought two variations of the urethane kits offered in O scale by Ted Schnepf for them.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > 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 > > > [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: [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/
