I know that K-Line made a Milwaukee Road F7 set with I believe 18" and 21" passenger cars in the UP colors. Has any other manufacturer made any Milwaukee Road E or F series diesels in UP colors? I thank all of you for your replies.
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Lionel released a E9 a month or two ago. It looks and sounds great.
Lionel, 2023, 6-39618 and 6-2230
Lionel produced this as well in UP livery a few years back. EP-2 Bipolar -E1
Lionel issued five 21" passenger cars (K-Lines) to go with the yellow Bi-Polar. They are very nice and make a good combo with the Bi-Polar.
Originally Posted by Passenger Train Collector:
Lionel issued five 21" passenger cars (K-Lines) to go with the yellow Bi-Polar. They are very nice and make a good combo with the Bi-Polar.
Is this what I saw in one of your recent posts? Beautiful set.
I have the recent Legacy UP E-9 set, and ordered both the UP and MR four-car packs so I'd have a seven-car train to run (can't run both observation cars at once, and off course I want the MR one! Anyway, they are shown as shipping in Oct. Hopefully I will have them by Christmas. I plan to buy more MR in UP color cars and locos. Interesting history to it, and I love armor yellow.
The K-Line F-unit set came with an ABA set of F units and six 15" cars. It was available only as a set. There were no add-ons or separate sales. K-Line did not make 18" cars in the Milwaukee Road UP yellow paint scheme, but they did make them in orange and maroon.
Williams made a set of yellow Milwaukee Road FP-45's in the 90's. Unfortunately they were among the first units Williams made in China and they had a lot of mechanical problems. They should be avoided unless you can get them really cheap and you don't mind taking them completely apart to fix drive train and electrical problems. I have a set that has been converted to TMCC.
The Lionel Bi-Polar has already been mentioned. MTH also made a yellow Bi-Polar. However, the MTH Bi-Polar body is modeled as the units were before they were rebuilt in the 1950s. The Bi-Polars were only painted yellow after the rebuild, which gave them the rounded edges and semi-streamlined look of the Lionel model. The Lionel is historically correct for a yellow Bi-Polar; the MTH is not.
Here's the K-Line set displayed on a wall shelf. Click on the photo for a better view.
And here's the Lionel Bi-Polar pulling the 15" K-Line cars. This photo was taken before the K-Lionel set was available.
This is the Williams FP-45
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