breezinup posted:Sunrise Special posted:breezinup posted:falconservice posted:I noticed that SOO LINE was added to the GP9 list. I just got an MTH Premier SOO LINE GP9 #401. So I would have to get a different number for the SOO LINE in order for it to not be a repeat number in TMCC/RS.
Andrew
I've been looking for a Soo Geep in the maroon/Christmas tree scheme, so it was disappointing to see the Soo offering in the newer white/red livery. (Atlas O and MTH have made the older maroon version, but the Atlas one seems impossible to find, and the MTH difficult.)
The pictures may be mockups, but I've never seen a Milwaukee Geep with the Milwaukee Road lettering on the side. There may have been some, but none of the photos I've ever seen had it.
Great to see. I added lettering to a Lionel MR Geep because I liked the look, but thought it was not prototypical. Apparently No. 286 either had the lettering added or removed at some point. Here's a picture of it without the lettering (2nd engine).
It depends on the era.
I seem to recall the large Milwaukee Road block lettering appearing in the mid-late 1970's. Notice the top photo the locomotive has cut levers that can be operated frm the stepwells and lacks footboards, which were to be removed on all locomotives by 1978.
Rusty
