Well this one took a lot longer to make but this is both versions of Walther's Twin Cities Hiawatha. It is one of my favorite consists and one of Walther's best trains.
The FP7s had larger steam boilers for train heat and the diner's kitchen, but had nothing to do with A/C in the cars. The Chicago and Northwestern handled most of UP's transcon fleet east of Omaha into Chicago, but wasn't paying its fair share, so UP switched to the MILW in 1955. MILW had to supply a portion of the train cars and in the process, purchased a fleet of dynamic brake-equipped E9s which ran all the way to the west coast. To match the UP fleet, MILW repainted its cars in UP's "Harbor Mist Gray" and "Armour Yellow."
thanks for the correction on the boilers its sometimes hard to get pinpoint detail. As for the switch I didn't want to make the history section to long and cut that out but thanks for adding that.
Excellent video showing/describing both liveries. I have a complete set of Walther’s MILW twin cities in their modified harvest orange and maroon. I have a trio set of FP7A-F7B-FP7A in orange/maroon with the side logo, and 5-chime horn (second run of the FP7A’s from Walthers). Also noted, the passenger car lighting kits from Walthers are a little too bright and “blueish”. None the less, you did a great job explaining these wonderful trains.
I like the FP-7's on the train. Very nice!
The FP7s had larger steam boilers for train heat and the diner's kitchen, but had nothing to do with A/C in the cars.
The Chicago and Northwestern handled most of UP's transcon fleet east of Omaha into Chicago, but wasn't paying its fair share, so UP switched to the MILW in 1955. MILW had to supply a portion of the train cars and in the process, purchased a fleet of dynamic brake-equipped E9s which ran all the way to the west coast. To match the UP fleet, MILW repainted its cars in UP's "Harbor Mist Gray" and "Armour Yellow."
thanks for the correction on the boilers its sometimes hard to get pinpoint detail. As for the switch I didn't want to make the history section to long and cut that out but thanks for adding that.
Excellent video showing/describing both liveries. I have a complete set of Walther’s MILW twin cities in their modified harvest orange and maroon. I have a trio set of FP7A-F7B-FP7A in orange/maroon with the side logo, and 5-chime horn (second run of the FP7A’s from Walthers).
Also noted, the passenger car lighting kits from Walthers are a little too bright and “blueish”. None the less, you did a great job explaining these wonderful trains.
Thank you I really try to cover as much as I can
Thanks for sharing those are some nice looking sets and I didn’t know they made a Pokémon monopoly what year is that board game
Hey I'm glad you liked it and that Pokémon monopoly is from 2016