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
switchers so they were just part of the mix. The MILW was also a fairly
early buyer for GE U-boats.
Some of the very early switchers on the MILW were just black similar to
many other railroads at the time. I'm not entirely certain when the
gray came and went, but it really didn't last long. Most likely that
scheme followed the paint on the Baltic's and Altantic's streamlining.
By 53' or so the RSC-2's (built in 49') that served my hometown were the
same orange/black until they were chopped, remotored and then scrapped
sometime after I had left the area.
My folder PhotoTraxx has several of the schemes in the photos of my
layout. My era is approx 48-59' so I get to run a great variety of stuff.
Bob Werre
On 10/5/13 10:53 PM, David Engle wrote:
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 <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:12 PM
*Subject:* {S-Scale List} Quick MILW Question
Stock-piling for future projects:
Anyone know when the Milwaukee Road went to the orange/black scheme
for their diesel motive power? (Hm... come to think of it, I don't
think I've ever seen a picture of their hoods n' switchers that wasn't
orange and black. But, traditionally, the MILW hasn't been one of my
all-time favorite roads.)
Thanks for any input.
Andre Ming
