Pieter, I agree with you. Anyone modeling time from 1939-1975 should be able to use a couple of Milwaukee Road ribsides on his layout. The models would be resin kits, probably with the body already cast as a single unit except for adding the roof and underbody detail. The cars would differ from those offered in brass some years ago. If I remember correctly, these were the later models with horizontal ribs extending only to where the side ladders were placed. Our cars would have the ribs extending to the corners as they did on the earlier ribbed cars.
We got to a high of 27 fairly strong interests. We've been discouraged I guess but not totally down and out. With all the modelers we have, we ought to be able to stir up 100 orders, but that did not happen. We should put out the information again and perhaps send word to the hi-rail group as well. Tom _____ From: [email protected] on behalf of Pieter Roos Sent: Thu 3/3/2011 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: What we need. . . . 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<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/
