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My New Lionel F7 ABA Milw Rd

MilwRdPaulMilwRdPaulOGR Forum Member

First let me say that I am not good with a camera. These are my new beauties! The cars are from KLine. They match up pretty well with color. The diesels are my first "smokers". I like that. The sounds are great. It starts out really slow which I really like. You can see right through the screeens above the portholes. This beats my KLine ABA which I thought was great when I bought that. But of course the technology has made quantum leaps since I bought the Kline.

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SH Southwest HiawathaOGR Forum Member

Thanks for posting. Looks like it does match the K-Line cars pretty well. I'll be interested to see how it compares with the MTh when I receive mine. In the meantime, here's a shot of the old K-Line set of F-units for comparison. The biggest problem with the K-Line is the lack of the black pinstripe setting off the maroon and orange. Note also that the K-Line units have the grilles painted black; the Lionel grilles are bright stainless. If memory serves me correctly that is prototypical as the K-Line is an F3 while the Lionel is an F7. I could be wrong on this; I'm relying on memory.

 

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FM Former Member
Originally Posted by Diesel Dan:

Great looking power,Paul

 

 I wish MTH would make a F7 in one of the Missouri Pacific Lines schemes,

Mopac, Texas&Pacific or Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf.

Dan

Diesel Dan,

 

I second that!! -I would buy 3 or 4 complete ABA consists in Mopac,KO & G and T&P in a heartbeat!! Especially some E7's!!

 

Paul,Those Legacy Milwaukee F3's are sweet!I know you will enjoy them!

 

Ricky

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MilwRdPaulMilwRdPaulOGR Forum Member

I guess I bought the Lionel ABA set because I liked it, not because it was 100% accurate in detail and paint color. My layout is a "toy" train layout and I try to make it realistic but as a lot of you use the term rivet counter, that I am not. I shall run my off-color, wrongly painted ABA unit and enjoy every minute of it. 

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Originally Posted by MilwRdPaul:

I guess I bought the Lionel ABA set because I liked it, not because it was 100% accurate in detail and paint color. My layout is a "toy" train layout and I try to make it realistic but as a lot of you use the term rivet counter, that I am not. I shall run my off-color, wrongly painted ABA unit and enjoy every minute of it. 

I'll be doing the same with mine too. They look lovely to me, and now that I have a set of Williams Hiawatha coaches for them to haul, (At least until either my Lionel set arrives, or I expire.) I am as chuffed as a chocolate frog. 

 

To my eyes, the Williams coaches look pretty good with the F7s too. 

SG Steam GuyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Beautiful job by Lionel!

 

Question....has anyone made a Milw Rd FT?  I remember seeing a picture of a Milw Rd FT model awhile ago and wanted to know who's it was; Lionel, MTH or maybe Williams.  It was painted in the early version, however the orange trim flared out around the headlight.

 

Thanks in advance,

Steve

SG Steam GuyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Southwest,

 

Thanks for your input.

 

I located the photo of the FT's that I saw in a magazine;

 

O Gauge Railroading      Aug/Sept 2011        Page 67

 

In that photo the units show up as having a dark gray body.  Not like the photos of the units that you posted of them in normal light.

 

I dug up a few black and white photos showing the prototype engines.  A couple of questions:

 

1.  It shows striping above the grills (chicken wire) and over the top at the front.  Do you see that detail also?

 

2. Were the pilot and running gear the same dark gray as the body or black?

 

Steve

 

SH Southwest HiawathaOGR Forum Member
Steam Guy
 
Here is a photo of 35AB in what appears to be as-delivered paint. I was wrong about the yellow stripe, it is clearly present. Other photos show it extending over the cab, which is not clear in this image. The pilot and running gear appear to be black in this image and others in my books. The roof is clearly the same gray as the rest of the unit. The photo is from a four-volume set on Milwaukee Road diesels. 
 
I think the darker appearance of the photo in OGR is, as you suggest, a function of the lighting. 
 
 FT36A
 
Originally Posted by Steam Guy:

Southwest,

 

Thanks for your input.

 

I located the photo of the FT's that I saw in a magazine;

 

O Gauge Railroading      Aug/Sept 2011        Page 67

 

In that photo the units show up as having a dark gray body.  Not like the photos of the units that you posted of them in normal light.

 

I dug up a few black and white photos showing the prototype engines.  A couple of questions:

 

1.  It shows striping above the grills (chicken wire) and over the top at the front.  Do you see that detail also?

 

2. Were the pilot and running gear the same dark gray as the body or black?

 

Steve

 

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