Just beautiful stuff, once again. Thx for continuing to share. I have actual manifests for the traffic through Avery on the day I was born, and if I ever strike it rich, the plan is to build a car-for-car train and then beg you to let me run it 😊
Really love this stuff. I grew up along the Milwaukee's Chehalis Sub south of Tacoma. I got to experience their action from November 1974 right up to March 1980 when the last train left town. I was just 8 years old when they left the West. I have a dream to model certain points of the Chehalis sub and run alot of those log bunks. To me, there's nothing like railroading in the 1970's with the Milwaukee Road!
Wow. Love every video. This brings back so many memories from when I worked the steel gang between Deer Lodge and Avery, ID. Love the Milwaukee Black and Orange!
If he's going for accuracy, those U28C's would have to be in Northern Pacific Livery. Milwaukee Road only had U30C's, U33C's and U36C's. The U30C's stayed East their entire careers running the coal Unit trains out of Eastern Montana. The Milwaukee wasn't very fond of GE's. At the time, GE was the inferior product of the day. The Milwaukee initially purchased a large number of the U25B's in the early 1960's. They were highly displeased with them. Not only were they more difficult to maintain, but engineers disliked them because throttle response was slow, it was hard to do reverse moves in switching because the controls were nearly out of reach while trying to look back at the train and the switchman, and instead of a nice electric heater like EMD's had, heat was drawn off the exhaust manifold. So if you had any kind of leak, the cab got fumes. They also complained of oil leaks. GE responded by saying the Milwaukee wasn't giving them proper maintenance and actually voided their warranty on the entire lot when they discovered a U25B was overdue for an oil change while visiting the shop. After this, The Milwaukee I think only ordered a dozen or so U28B's (#5500-5505 early phase that looked like a U25 and 5506-5511 later version), about eleven U30B's (#5600-5604 early version that looked like a U28 and #5605-5610 later version), and only four U23B's #5001-5004. I believe they only had four U36C's and maybe 4 or 6 U33C's. They had more of the U30C's only because BN ran the coal trains with the Milwaukee and BN wanted Milwaukee to have engines to match theirs and that was the choice. The U30C's were also ordered in the early 1970's and by that time, GE may have been starting to make an improved product, but not sufficient in the Milwaukee's eyes to make the switch from EMD.
@RonStanek yeah. Got the picture. Just saw the video of BNSF coal drag over the layout. Didn't realize the situation he has there. Would be neat to see some NP stuff on the layout. Historically, such a thing wouldn't have been far from reality. Somewhere around St. Regis, MT all the way to Lombard, MT, the Milwaukee paralleled and crossed the Northern Pacific. It wasn't uncommon for NP (or BN) to use Milwaukee rails if their own route was out of service. Amtrak even a time or two redirected its North Coast Hiawatha over Milwaukee rails as well. NP and subsequently BN also had trackage rights on the Milwaukee between St. Regis and Haugan because the NP Mullan, ID branch was washed out by flooding I believe some time in the 1930's or 1940's. Instead of rebuilding, they just obtained trackage rights there. In fact, after the Milwaukee Road was abandoned, the Mullan local still ran trains between St. Regis and Haugan. The rest of the track had been removed and eventually so was the segment BN used once they abandoned the Mullan branch. I think that was some time in the late 1980's or early '90's.
This is so realistic! The wall murals create the necessary depth that makes everything lifelike. Is this in your home or at a club facility?? I was looking to maybe see some deer, moose or even a grizzly bear tucked into the trees.
The signals were all farmed out to our regional genius. He built and installed everything. Now I have to install several hundred resistors on all the rolling stock to make it work properly.
This is so realistic! The wall murals create the necessary depth that makes everything lifelike. Is this in your home or at a club facility?? I was looking to maybe see some deer, moose or even a grizzly bear tucked into the trees.
Just beautiful stuff, once again. Thx for continuing to share. I have actual manifests for the traffic through Avery on the day I was born, and if I ever strike it rich, the plan is to build a car-for-car train and then beg you to let me run it 😊
Very cool.
The Milwaukee Road lives. 👍
Really love this stuff. I grew up along the Milwaukee's Chehalis Sub south of Tacoma. I got to experience their action from November 1974 right up to March 1980 when the last train left town. I was just 8 years old when they left the West. I have a dream to model certain points of the Chehalis sub and run alot of those log bunks. To me, there's nothing like railroading in the 1970's with the Milwaukee Road!
Wow. Love every video. This brings back so many memories from when I worked the steel gang between Deer Lodge and Avery, ID. Love the Milwaukee Black and Orange!
Spectacular! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Awesome video and cool locos. 🚂
Great video!!
Juice fan myself but that's awesome
Beautiful modelling and terrific videography. A first class presentation,love it. From a lover of the Milwaukee road in Australia
This was really fun. Great life-like modeling!
Need some of those Rivarossi GE U28C's visiting the line.....Great Work!!!
If he's going for accuracy, those U28C's would have to be in Northern Pacific Livery. Milwaukee Road only had U30C's, U33C's and U36C's. The U30C's stayed East their entire careers running the coal Unit trains out of Eastern Montana. The Milwaukee wasn't very fond of GE's. At the time, GE was the inferior product of the day. The Milwaukee initially purchased a large number of the U25B's in the early 1960's. They were highly displeased with them. Not only were they more difficult to maintain, but engineers disliked them because throttle response was slow, it was hard to do reverse moves in switching because the controls were nearly out of reach while trying to look back at the train and the switchman, and instead of a nice electric heater like EMD's had, heat was drawn off the exhaust manifold. So if you had any kind of leak, the cab got fumes. They also complained of oil leaks. GE responded by saying the Milwaukee wasn't giving them proper maintenance and actually voided their warranty on the entire lot when they discovered a U25B was overdue for an oil change while visiting the shop. After this, The Milwaukee I think only ordered a dozen or so U28B's (#5500-5505 early phase that looked like a U25 and 5506-5511 later version), about eleven U30B's (#5600-5604 early version that looked like a U28 and #5605-5610 later version), and only four U23B's #5001-5004. I believe they only had four U36C's and maybe 4 or 6 U33C's. They had more of the U30C's only because BN ran the coal trains with the Milwaukee and BN wanted Milwaukee to have engines to match theirs and that was the choice. The U30C's were also ordered in the early 1970's and by that time, GE may have been starting to make an improved product, but not sufficient in the Milwaukee's eyes to make the switch from EMD.
@stephensaasen8589 yeah, I guess there wouldn't be any of those Northern Pacific U28C's on any shared trackage in his layouts, neck of the woods.
@RonStanek yeah. Got the picture. Just saw the video of BNSF coal drag over the layout. Didn't realize the situation he has there. Would be neat to see some NP stuff on the layout. Historically, such a thing wouldn't have been far from reality. Somewhere around St. Regis, MT all the way to Lombard, MT, the Milwaukee paralleled and crossed the Northern Pacific. It wasn't uncommon for NP (or BN) to use Milwaukee rails if their own route was out of service. Amtrak even a time or two redirected its North Coast Hiawatha over Milwaukee rails as well. NP and subsequently BN also had trackage rights on the Milwaukee between St. Regis and Haugan because the NP Mullan, ID branch was washed out by flooding I believe some time in the 1930's or 1940's. Instead of rebuilding, they just obtained trackage rights there. In fact, after the Milwaukee Road was abandoned, the Mullan local still ran trains between St. Regis and Haugan. The rest of the track had been removed and eventually so was the segment BN used once they abandoned the Mullan branch. I think that was some time in the late 1980's or early '90's.
@stephensaasen8589 Okay, Stephen thank you for the info......happy new year.
Impressive!
It looks so real you expect the engineer to wave.
This is so realistic! The wall murals create the necessary depth that makes everything lifelike. Is this in your home or at a club facility?? I was looking to maybe see some deer, moose or even a grizzly bear tucked into the trees.
Great shots. How do you make your Tri-color signals?
The signals were all farmed out to our regional genius. He built and installed everything. Now I have to install several hundred resistors on all the rolling stock to make it work properly.
Well, they look really good.
Where can I see a track plan?
This is so realistic! The wall murals create the necessary depth that makes everything lifelike. Is this in your home or at a club facility?? I was looking to maybe see some deer, moose or even a grizzly bear tucked into the trees.