navy.seal posted:Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:navy.seal posted:Jim Waterman just told me that he has finished the 10-car Standard Gauge Olympian Hiawatha set I ordered from him. Each car in the consist is unique and is based on the original Milwaukee Road drawings. The paint scheme Jim applied is the simplified 1948 tri-color (orange, maroon, black) livery with the colors of the paint matched to the colors used on the MTH/Lionel tri-color Milwaukee Road Super 381 Bipolar engine, which will be the primary locomotive I plan to use to pull the set. Attached below is a photo of the set's Standard Gauge Skytop Sleeper observation car.
I will post more photos of the other cars as soon as I have them.
Bob Nelson
Bob, that’s a lot of cars. What are you going to pull them with?
Steve
Steve,
I had Jim match the paint colors to those used on my tri-color Milwaukee Road "Super" 381. With it's two motors and weight, it should pull several of the cars if not all of them. If not, and I still need more power, I will couple to the consist my other two-motor Milwaukee Road "Super" 381 in the UP livery. If that is still not enough power, I will add my tri-color, two-motor Milwaukee Road 381 up front. If that won't pull the entire 10-car consist, I might even add my all-black Milwaukee Road Brute to the train. If that isn't enough power, I am open to suggestions!
Bob Nelson
Bob, if that is not enough power, you accidentally welded the wheels of the passenger cars to the track.
Watch out for a coupler breaking and those beast engines speeding around the track!
George
