I am modeling early 1960's and want to know which diesel switchers could be found on the Milwaukee then? I'm pretty sure they kept their covered wagons for a long time after that. GP-9's?
Art
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I am modeling early 1960's and want to know which diesel switchers could be found on the Milwaukee then? I'm pretty sure they kept their covered wagons for a long time after that. GP-9's?
Art
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Art,
I did a search for Milwaukee Road Diesel Roster, and found that for you modeling time frame, the Mil Road had the following EMD switcher type units:
TR2
NW2
SW1
TR4A & TR4B
SW9
SW1200
The vast majority of the SW9 and SW1200 models lasted well into the 1980s.
Also Faribanks-Morse H10-44's,H12-44's, Alco RS1's & RS3's, Baldwin AS616's.
Some of these ran well into the 70's.
Rusty
Thanks guys!
Art
Photographed a Milwaukee Road RS3 switching in Milwaukee, in July 1973. She looked great! Photographed Milw FM switchers in the Madison Roundhouse in 1975. The Milw had become a bit of an off-brand diesel haven in the '70's.
That's a cool picture, but I'm not so sure about the number.
Art
I do know UP had a 666 diesel, and had to change the number. PC can run in both directions!
At least Marx had no problems with that number!
If I expand the time frame up to 1971 how many additional switchers and road switchers do I get? When did the GP-20's & GP-38's start? Did Milwaukee run these?
I want to run pre-Amtrak passenger trains and freight diesels up to that time frame.
Art
If I expand the time frame up to 1971 how many additional switchers and road switchers do I get? When did the GP-20's & GP-38's start? Did Milwaukee run these?
I want to run pre-Amtrak passenger trains and freight diesels up to that time frame.
Art
I don't recall the Mil Road ever having GP20 model units, which came out about 1958 or 1959. I can't remember if the Mil Road purchased GP38 models, or GP38-2 models. I suggest that you google that complete diesel roster for the Mil Road, as it will tell you model by model when they were delivered PLUS when they were disposed of.
Also, please note that EMD diesel model names do NOT have a "dash" in them, i.e. it is GP20 and NOT "GP-20", etc.. It will make it easier for you to look up unit rosters.
Thanks, Jack.
Art
1. The MILW used the GP20 designation for the GP's that their shops rebuilt with a chopped nose, db removed [ usually -- in some cases removed but the db blister retained, check for the fan ], etc; many of these received EMD-style GP20 labels the MILW purchased and installed at the front corners, a la EMD.
2. If you want a "signature switcher"for the MILW in the late '60s:
MILW swapped the Blunt trucks from Alco switchers with the road trucks from RS3's; the resulting switchers were trade-ins, and the trucks could be recycled under new power, while the RS3's, derated to 1200 hp and reclassed as ARS12's, were then used as switchers.
Best, SZ
what type of operations are you looking at doing? yard, patrol, road switching
I photographed a Milwaukee NW-2 in Minneapolis in the early 1980's, not sure if it was still in service or not as it was just sitting in what might have been a 'dead line'. On some former narrow-gauge branchlines in southern MN, the Milwaukee ran SW-1s into the 1970's.
In addition to the units already mentioned, the Milwaukee had a large number of Baldwin VO1000 yard switchers. Some were in single-stack configuration and others had four stacks.
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