Milwaukee Road Modeling Pictures

Looking good ART!!!!

Art, 

Looking very nice !

Alex

Love my girls....

My favorite diesel set. Don

Its hard not to love the Milwaukee Road - this is from my last layout. Today, I only have the orange bipolars:

Bruce

Bob, why did you git rid of those wonderful engines. I have the orange bipolar but always wanted the back one. Bruce that brass engine is a thing of beauty. Don

We are the few, the proud, the Milwaukee Road Fans...

I shall have a die cast Bipolar some day, and construction has started on the Erie-Built.  Maybe a Skytop if anbody imports a good one.

A few of the Milwaukees on the Seattle & Yakima RR.

Bill

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

scale rail posted:

Bob, why did you git rid of those wonderful engines. I have the orange bipolar but always wanted the back one. Bruce that brass engine is a thing of beauty. Don

 

We are the few, the proud, the Milwaukee Road Fans...

Don,

Unfortunately the A is a 2 rail Overland model, but she makes a purdy shelf queen.  The F7 is brass too...Weaver.  I upgaded it with ERR so it is always at work on the layout.

If given a choice other than Milwaukee steam it would be a set of those Erie builts.  Real classy!

Bruce

J daddy went to Butte and those are neat shots....but this is one of the coolest old time stations ever, in Great Falls, MT.  The tower is visible many miles away as you enter town from I-15.  Do you love this station and tower or what?   

ONe more cool place between bozeman and butte, built by the Milwaukee road- three forks, MT.  Here is their visitor center, a Milwaukee road caboose- google the town, it is within a few miles of where Lewis and Clark called the head waters of the Missouri- where the Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison meet.

It looks better with a train at the platform:

Great subject Art! brought out some great pictures of layouts! But I have to say I always love seeing pictures of your layout!

Rapid Transit makes a great point... unfortunately, no tracks in sight of the station currently as you can see... 

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Thank you for posting this.  Sounds like a great place to take a walk !

(photos removed 8/18/19)

My favorite railroad. The bottom photo taken a month ago in the Milwaukee Amtrak station was the only remembrance I saw of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha.  

RRDOC posted:

Excellent photography RRDOC. The background buildings and foreground figure were nice touches to the recreation. I tried a similar recreation of the vintage artwork too. 

   nmp...   somebody really likes the Milwaukee Railroad...

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Bob, what an incredible ride that must have been! As an avid bike rider and seeker of "things that are old", I envy your journey. If you have other photos (I'm betting you do) and are willing to share, I would certainly enjoy seeing them, either here , or I could send a flash drive/card.

Thanks for the posting!

George

Great pictures!  I never get tired of seeing Milwaukee Road maroon and orange.  They were such a fun railroad to watch.  Their car shops built some very unique and beautiful passenger cars.  The Hiawathas were very cool in my opinion.  I loved watching their F units and bay window cabooses as a boy.

Keep the great pictures coming.

Art

hokie71 posted:

Rapid Transit makes a great point... unfortunately, no tracks in sight of the station currently as you can see... 

The Great Northern's truncated line to West Havre remains 200 feet east and the GN's elegant depot, considerably less elegant than the Milwaukee's, survives 1,200 feet to the south.

Now that is warmer out this is where I am spending a little bit more time helping to keep this up and also opening it up to the public on the First and Third Sundays of the month now till Sept/Oct....... depending on the weather.........

https://www.facebook.com/WUJRRC/

The museum is located in Sturtevant Wisconsin........ If your in the area stop by....... Let me know if you will be in the area when we are not normally open....... if I am available I will open it up for you

Mostly pictures of my Hiawatha equipment running on the Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club, plus my little 44-tonner:

That reminds me. I need to get this puppy off of the shelf and run it some more:

GREAT and COLORFUL models!

Jim R. posted:

Mostly pictures of my Hiawatha equipment running on the Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club, plus my little 44-tonner:

 

Wow! That is one impressive club layout! I graduated from WSU-Whitewater and lived in Palmyra, WI for many years  If it weren't 467 miles from my current address, I would try to join!!

George

GeoPeg posted:

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Bob, what an incredible ride that must have been! As an avid bike rider and seeker of "things that are old", I envy your journey. If you have other photos (I'm betting you do) and are willing to share, I would certainly enjoy seeing them, either here , or I could send a flash drive/card.

Thanks for the posting!

George

George

I uploaded 150 photos of the Hiawatha Trail here.  These include scenery as well as bridge and tunnel details.

Here are 40 photos of all the informational markers on the trail.

Enjoy!

Bob

Milwaukee Road Trainmaster and a Baldwin going across Timber Creek Bridge. Don

RRDOC posted:

GeoPeg posted:

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Bob, what an incredible ride that must have been! As an avid bike rider and seeker of "things that are old", I envy your journey. If you have other photos (I'm betting you do) and are willing to share, I would certainly enjoy seeing them, either here , or I could send a flash drive/card.

Thanks for the posting!

George

George

I uploaded 150 photos of the Hiawatha Trail here.  These include scenery as well as bridge and tunnel details.

Here are 40 photos of all the informational markers on the trail.

Enjoy!

Bob

Thanks Bob! Those pictures are amazing! Absolutely an awesome ride! That ride is on my bucket list now! You're like me in that I can be found lagging behind on bike rides or hikes shooting pics of the informational markers 

Thank you for taking the time to post all of those - I even sent the link to a friend who is another "avid hiker in Ohio"

George

RRDOC posted:

GeoPeg posted:

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Bob, what an incredible ride that must have been! As an avid bike rider and seeker of "things that are old", I envy your journey. If you have other photos (I'm betting you do) and are willing to share, I would certainly enjoy seeing them, either here , or I could send a flash drive/card.

Thanks for the posting!

George

George

I uploaded 150 photos of the Hiawatha Trail here.  These include scenery as well as bridge and tunnel details.

Here are 40 photos of all the informational markers on the trail.

Enjoy!

Bob

Pictures in above links are now set as "public" so you don't need to have a Flickr account.

Thanks, George, for alerting me about this.

Bob

The little FM out at IRM:

briansilvermustang posted:

This is a sad 😞 one, Brian.

Larry

RRDOC posted:

GeoPeg posted:

RRDOC posted:

My Milwaukee layout is in the plywood stage, but here are some prototype pictures from my trip in 2016 to the Hiawatha Trail.  This is a 22 mile rail trail over the former Milwaukee Road from East Portal, Montana to Pearson, Idaho.  The trail takes you through tunnels and over high steel trestles with spectacular views of the Bitteroot Mountains.  Unlike most of the bikers that day, I stopped and read every information marker and photographed everything.  The scenery was just spectacular.

Bob Glorioso

 

Bob, what an incredible ride that must have been! As an avid bike rider and seeker of "things that are old", I envy your journey. If you have other photos (I'm betting you do) and are willing to share, I would certainly enjoy seeing them, either here , or I could send a flash drive/card.

Thanks for the posting!

George

George

I uploaded 150 photos of the Hiawatha Trail here.  These include scenery as well as bridge and tunnel details.

Here are 40 photos of all the informational markers on the trail.

Enjoy!

Bob

And a very big thanks for making them public, my friends on FB are oooohing and aaaahhhing the way I did 

George