Milwaukee Road Express Reefer Conversion

[2railjon]

I got a chance to convert this to 2 Rail today. I don’t think the MR ever had them on their railroad as it looks like a Pennsy R50B in MR colors. But the detail is awesome as is the paint.

[ScaleCraft]

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[ScaleCraft]

I got a chance to convert this to 2 Rail today. I don’t think the MR ever had them on their railroad as it looks like a Pennsy R50B in MR colors. But the detail is awesome as is the paint.

tried copying the individual links an searching....nothing there.

[2railjon]

I’d also really love to find an MR heat tender. They were used by electrics to provide steam generated heat to passenger cars. Most were modified tenders. Only one I know of produced in O Scale brass:


Some heat tenders were also modified reefers.

[bob turner]

"Someday" I shall make a GN car like Pete did. I already have the pair of electrics in GN colors, and some coaches.

[R.K. Maroon]

Here is the steam generator car that Bob is referring to:



I may have posted this photo before, but if so the thread is long gone. My brother Pete did a major kitbash to produce this car, which was used on the Cascade Tunnel electrified division for the Empire Builder and Western Star (and maybe the Fast Mail?). I consider it the crown jewel of my 1949 Empire Builder, which can be seen here in this 2013 video, also posted here before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6UArvAZEOk

Jim