Originally Posted by Hump Yard Mike:
I bought these cars 2 years ago on a whim to put behind my 261, what a sleeper set. They look fabulous and prefer their black roofs to grey roofs of lionel.
Mike
Mike
Just a note - the Lionel Milw. Rd. scale passenger cars (cataloged with the 261) have black roofs as well.
It was the earlier set of cars marketed with the Milwaukee Hiawatha steam engine that had the grey roofs (which of course looked great matching the grey-topped steam engine and tender).