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Post by m a y o r 79 on Jan 12, 2017 20:22:05 GMT -5
I think my goal is to turn this board Orange and Black 
I've been slowly collecting motive power for my future beer line layout. A few years ago I picked up a pair of the old Walthers H10-44 models, the old ones that weighed about as much as a cinder block. I choose these over the new proto version since my layout is going to have a rather steep grade between levels, but anyway.
Last week I managed to pick up another one on evil bay that I'm actually surprised I picked up. So now I've got three sitting in my basement. All to become Milwaukee Road orange/black set in the early to mid 60s.
I'm debating converting one of them to an H12-44. The Milwaukee used them as transfer power on the line, and I've read a lot about one unit wonders pulling 100 car trains off the line. I think I only really need two H10-44's to work the portion I'm modeling (not that I'll stop at two) so I was thinking of making the other one an H12-44 and using it with my TR4 as transfer power. I recall Custom Finishing (maybe) making a conversion kit for this but they seem impossible to find now.
Otherwise now I'm trying to figure out what detail parts I need. I've never done a Fairbanks Morse model before, does anyone make details for them or am I looking at a lot of scratch built parts?
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Post by tingoat on Jan 13, 2017 9:12:55 GMT -5
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Post by AJ Kleipass on Jan 13, 2017 23:46:52 GMT -5
Good luck, Mike. Although I am not in the market for a new prototype, the latest round of the Beer Line in Model Railroader has prompted me to buy a copy of the Beer Line book from the Milwaukee Road historical society. The line seems to have enough going for it that even if you don't model the orange 'n' black, one can find some interesting fodder for a switching line on a freelanced or proto-freelanced layout.
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Jan 14, 2017 10:53:31 GMT -5
Its an incredibly interesting subject and area to model. The breweries were at the very end of the 6 mile long branch. The other 5 miles had a huge variety of industries including Nash motors and Continental Can, which in themselves could made up a small switching layout. Plus the beer line had its own branchline called the cement line with an interchange with the CNW. You certainty don't have to model the breweries, or the Milwaukee, and still model the line. Or like you said it could make for a great basis for a freelance railroad.
Ive been meaning to pick up the new MR to see the beer line update. I believe January was the first installment of the update. I'll have to look for it this weekend.
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Post by AJ Kleipass on Jan 14, 2017 11:55:37 GMT -5
Mike, the Kalmbach folks have also been featuring the layout on their MR video plus service, using it to show how to take the NCE DCC system from a starter set through booster and power districts, etc. And then they did a 5 or 6 part series on realistically operating the layout.
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Post by MILWmodeler on Mar 23, 2017 14:20:42 GMT -5
I was stripping a bunch of shells this morning and decided to throw in one of my future projects while I was scrubbing. One of the reasons I haven't started is that I haven't found the materials I want to use yet so I decided to search the forum and see if anyone else had done a similar project. I want to replace the molded in screen detail on the long hood and mock up a fan blade beneath like on the recent Proto 2000 version. Looks like Walthers is advertising the H12-44 conversion as being in stock right now. I'm going to keep mine as a H10-44. Should be a fun build when I get around to it.  ![]() |
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Mar 23, 2017 15:15:39 GMT -5
Yeah I saw the conversion kits in stock. The part that kills me is shipping from Walthers would be as much as the parts themselves (I only need one kit).
I've been looking for them elsewhere with no luck so dar. They do show up on ebay from time to time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 15:24:11 GMT -5
Cool looking switcher
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Post by muscatatuck on Mar 23, 2017 20:15:20 GMT -5
Good luck, I'm a diehard OP fan, nothing like a valveless uniflow diesel.
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Mar 24, 2017 7:55:45 GMT -5
Cant wait to follow your build MILWmodeler. Sounds like we're both basically at the same point, parts collections. I've never detailed out an FM before so I'm not quite sure about the details. If this were an EMD I'd have no problem just jumping right in.
There are a few H10-44 and H12-44 builds on the boards but none are Milwaukee (yet). I'll be sure to post anything unique I find about these detail wise for you.
I'm thinking one of mine is going to be 1802/760 which was the firs FM H10-44 ever produced. Most of them on the Milwaukee stayed in Wisconsin and I know this particular one made numerous appearances on the beer line. Not sure about the other two yet.
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Post by m a y o r 79 on Aug 6, 2020 19:45:51 GMT -5
Oh man is this an old thread. It's about time to start the build finally!! I need a few more parts but the first one (of 4) is sitting on the bench. Got the sound decoder last weekend so there are no more excuses!
Hopefully an update this weekend....
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Post by tfoley45 on Jan 10, 2024 11:29:26 GMT -5
when I worked for the milwaukee in the diesel house and we started, and and I started a couple when you hit the start button the contacts would energisze and the the surrounding area would light uo the brightest blue flash you ever saw. the when it started the dark blackish grey MUSHroom cloud came pouring out of that stack. you couldn't see too much for 10 min or so.
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