A Rich-Art "Cascade" (i.e. a tinplate Bi-Polar) just went up for sale on the Bay. The interesting thing is, it's BLUE. Actually two-tone blue with a maroon stripe. I've seen several of these, in both 0 and Standard Gauge, and they were all variations on orange or maroon and orange. Anybody know anything about these being painted blue by Rich-Art?
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Never saw one like that before. It does look pretty neat though.
I agree it is very impressive.
When I got my standard gauge one, about a dozen years ago, he would paint them however you wanted.
He was pretty nice about that.
They certainly were. I miss them and their fantastic tinplate trains. Their passing was certainly a great loss to all lovers of tinplate.
That Milwaukee Road BLUE bipolar is certainly unique! Not very prototypical but clearly high quality and attractive. It just goes to show what lengths Dick and Butch were willing to go to custom paint their products to suit the desires of their customers. I personally benefited from their willingness to go the extra mile several times including when Dick custom painted for me an O gauge BiPolar in the Milwaukee Road's version of the UP's livery. See photo below of Dick in his shop showing off to Butch for a pre-delivery photo, the custom painted O gauge BiPolar he built for me. You can tell from the photo that Dick is proud of his work!
Great guys!
Bob
It's back, at a slightly reduced Buy it Now price (995 OBO). A really nice looking unit if you are not concerned with having an authentic Milwaukee Road paint job. The blue and maroon look great together.
Hi Hiawatha: You said it's back; I cant find it on e-bay? bertiejoa
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