Lionel Postwar Milk Train Set

Nice.  PW stuff is soooooooo reliable.  I am slowly putting together an Army freight train.  Lionel made a WWII Troop Train Set in the early 90s.  I'm converting it to run an all passenger consist and an all freight consist.  I love this stuff!

I've always liked the postwar milk cars.  There is quite a variety out there if you ever want to put together a long milk consist.

Awesome! I too have been collecting PW operating milk cars for a milk train. I purposely buy the ones that need some TLC. (Missing doors, missing couplers, etc.) For now, they go into a box until I am ready to start the restoration project.

Outstanding!

EmpireBuilderDave posted:

I've always liked the postwar milk cars.  There is quite a variety out there if you ever want to put together a long milk consist.

I would like too have a long train but for now what I have is perfect for my layout size

johnstrains posted:

Outstanding!

Thanks

ChessieFan72 posted:

Awesome! I too have been collecting PW operating milk cars for a milk train. I purposely buy the ones that need some TLC. (Missing doors, missing couplers, etc.) For now, they go into a box until I am ready to start the restoration project.

 

Great idea restoring the old cars.

Great idea!

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

Great idea!

Peter

Thanks!

Very nice! My Dad has about 15 of these, and once he gets them all operable, we are going to put them behind my 681, 736, or 2344 ABA set (or as many as they'll pull).

very nice. I do that too. I have tow 3472s that operate, one with no guts, and a 6742 I'll run together.

If you put a matching PRR tender on the loco that would look even better.

What a terrific idea.   I just love finding postwar that needs some TLC.  I also like theme type trains and a PW milk "train" would be awesome.

Thanks,

Ed

KHAYDEN,

    Great idea, I love it!

PCRR/Dave

yes. the milk cars make a beautiful train.   I like the long milk cars the best.

Bob C.

At last count I had about 20 of the small post war milk cars and 5 of the big ones.  It takes a strong engine to pull them, the small cars are quite heavy.  In addition to these I have several of the K Line milk cars.  Guess I just love milk cars!

Rolland

Been wanting to do this for some time, as a companion to my MTH Isaly Dairy car collection. Nice job & thanks for reminding me of previous goals!

Now you need to load cows and set up a dairy!  Cheese factory maybee.

Your milk cars are good looking...great looking cabin car!

Tom

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

If you put a matching PRR tender on the loco that would lThook even better.

That's a great idea now l just have to find one of the PRR tenders

pwrwgn posted:

Now you need to load cows and set up a dairy!  Cheese factory maybee.

I just have to build a layout to run it, a dairy would be a great idea to have on the layout