Bob, that is one impressive Milwaukee Road collection. Your JAD Hiawatha looks especially good with a 5th car.
Thanks, I agree! And you are only seeing half of that wall and I had two other walls displaying only Milwaukee Road trains and hundreds of more Milwaukee Road cars not on display.
As for the JAD Hiawatha, I actually have a sixth car for that train but it's not in the photo as I had run out of room on the shelf to display it. Both the 5th and 6th cars were made by Dick Mayer, who I believe may have been subcontracted by JAD to make some of their original passenger cars but I am not sure. Arno should know.
Bob Nelson
PS. Arno, Your "Modern Era Standard Gauge" book will likely answer the above question. How is it coming along? Do you have a date, ideally in the near future, when it will be published?