Just have a couple of pups in this dogfight, but one is an unbuilt 4 bay hopper similar to that above, with MI-LOCO in the casting on the bottom. It came with several hopper ends/other parts, but has a broken coupler extension on one end of the center frame casting. The second casting kit is a complete boxcar kit in a Scale Model Railways (subsidiary of Megow) red box. Car side is 1/2" shorter than the hopper's, so may be O vs. 17/64. No fast way to get photos.
Hello 17/64ths fans .....
found on facebook today ... an old Life photo of soldiers playing with soldiers and Mini-Scale trains... resolution is not great ..but you just make out the outside 3rd rail on the first track ..and sweeps on tender .
That is a huge collection of Mini-Scale freight cars !!!...no wonder they are hard to find the Army bought them all .
Cheers Carey
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That's one very interesting photo Carey, makes you wonder where all these models go, maybe the military has a top secret stash somewhere.
The Blue Goose you showed on the other forum was a real gem of a find, and I enjoyed the photos a lot. cTr....( Choose the Right )
I think I just scored a Mi-Loco K5 aluminum shell and steamchest for a few bucks. The chest is the raw casting. I have a couple of spare scale craft frames might see if it fits or not. If not willjabe to make a frame I guess.
Would love to use a set of these Baldwin drivers on it but I don't think the K5's ever got Baldwin discs but on the other hand, it doesn't really matter lmao.
On the other hand, anyone got a spare boiler front, tender or frame I'm all ears lmao 
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O! nice find Dennis, certainly looks like the Mi-Loco K5 to me. I think the Mi-Loco Hudson frame and drivers is much the same. Id ask Carey, if he has one kicking around he's willing to part with. cTr.....( Choose the Right )
This is the thread I need to point to when folks mistake Q Gauge for 17/64 Scale.
Starting a casual search for the Scale Craft Mikado mechanism - any condition.
Hello all
Here is a link to see the die -cast MiLoco ( Mini Scale ) Hudson pulling a string of the diecast cars ...all in lovely 17/64ths
Cheers Carey,
Resurrecting an old thread…
I have always loved big trains and models with the correct gauge, so I propose we call 17/64” scale Proto:45!
Anyway, I bought a collection of cars from Wisconsin this spring and going through them, some appear larger than others. Some are models of older prototypes, but several are different models of similar 1930’s boxcars.
Looking, at Union Pacific specification sheets, most boxcars from the 1930’s had a width across the roof eves of 9’6” (2.375”) to 9’8” (2.4175”) in 1/4” scale. Any wider than this are generally 17/64” scale.
I am getting a few Westbrook and Scalecraft 1/4” scale kits and if I want to build some 17/64” boxcars I can easily print the paper sides and shim the wooden interior box structure or cut my own to 17/64” scale.
Auel 17/64th trucks and detail parts appear to still be available to finish these cars.
