Walthers attic' and the Hiawatha cars

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Re: Walthers attic' and the Hiawatha cars

Postby Carey Williams » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:03 pm

Hello Hiawatha fans .

In Walthers' and the main line stomping grounds of the Hiawatha the local club would be mandated to have the stream-liner wearing down the rail-head. Model Railroader 1947 March ? runs an article about the Milwaukee Union Terminal ripping out the "antique " "out-dated" outside 3rd rail and going to the hip cutting edge 2 rail system. One of the photos shown is of the old layout complete with a Hiawatha ....engine does not quite look like the Lionel ... tender trucks are not Lionel ...so perhaps a custom built engine and tender .

Cheers Carey

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Re: Walthers attic' and the Hiawatha cars

Postby Carey Williams » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:05 pm

Hello Hiawatha fans
Upon the opening of Milwaukee's Union Terminal Railroad club ... None other than hometown legend of the O scale world William K Walthers was there ... Admiring a custom built Hiawatha. In the text it mentions Walthers from Crestline .
Walthers made his money doing what before entering into the train game ?
Cheers Carey
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Re: Walthers attic' and the Hiawatha cars

Postby Carey Williams » Mon Dec 11, 2017 11:08 pm

Hello all Hiawatha fans ..

The Hiawatha Bill Wathers is admiring at the Milwaukee RR Club is still there ...
and yesterday at the local train show I was able to pick up a modified Lionel Hiawatha with a scratch built tender to pull the string of Walthers cars ...very happy. The engine casting has had additional lines engraved into it and scaling of the handrails & marker light etc ... just need to add the outside 3rd rail shoes and we'll be heading down the rails . Need to find some proper Walthers Hiawatha trucks for some of the cars .
Cheers Carey
Here is the modified Lionel Hiawatha that lives in Milwaukee
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Here is my newly acquired modified Hiawatha ...

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Not too thrilled with the choice of wings and red nose reindeer in the front ...may have to see about adapting a Lionel set of wings

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This modified Lionel Hiawatha hit ebay a few weeks ago ..... modifying the Lionel "stock" engine was popular to make a more / closer to "real" engine ...but there was no hope for the Lionel Hiawatha cars ...
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