Hi all! I have the new Ztrack magazine,(better than ever by the way!), and on page 15 at the top, doesn't that look just like a Milw. Boxcab?! All it would need is different running gear. Cool, huh?!
OK, Kurt, now you've got this juice-head going crazy with my curiousity. I just looked at the most recent ZTrack, the September/OCtober issue that just arrived in the mail last week, and did not see any juice-jack, boxcab or electric of any kind on page 15. Might you be talking about the July/August issue? Of course I don't have that one with me here at work. Did the MILW have just one or two different types of boxcabs? I was just looking at an old Mainline Modeler magazine the other night with an article on kitbashing the wreck rebuild GN Y-1A. This might be able to be done with a couple of MTL F7 shells and a Marklin GG-1 with the pilots changed from 2 axle to 1 axle. I just got my second GG-1 in the mail a couple of weeks ago. Ultimately, I want to model the Virginian RWY. Randy
Sorry, a little behind on the issues. Your right, July/August, vol. 12,#4, pg 15. Looks just like a boxcab, but the running gear is different, so I'd have to find something that works. I thought about the very same thing with the GN Y1-a, even use GN F-units back to back for the shell so no painting! Got a spare GG1? I model the GN over Stevens Pass in '55, so that would be perfect! One of many projects on my list! Just need the time! :clock:
Kurt, I spotted it the other night, just haven't been back on the computer since then. It's a Japanese Boxcab electric that FR is making in 1/200 scale to represent narrow gauge but still run on Z gauge track. FR is very expensve to use as a source for kitbashing. If you can find the correct chassis, try an etched brass shell. If you are looking for a MILW passenger boxcab, you could even use a steamer chassis. I have a 4-6-2 that i want to eventually modify into a PRR P5A (now if I could only get someone to model a P5A modified shell for me ;-) . By the way, have you checked the wide selection of Marklin electrics from ERAs III and IV? Probably some possibly chassis there as well, but you will probably be hard pressed to pull more than 20 cars if you are doing freight. Randy
Just one basic style. Originally as a pair. They all looked the same. but most were modified as the years went by. Different pilots. Newer pilot trucks. Front steps. Three units. Then four. Then some were shortened. (Bobtailed.) Two pair modified for passenger use in the 1950's. Etc. Boxcab E50
I'm not sure. The Quills were 2-C-1+1-C-2, but they didn't have side rods, and their running gear didn't look much like a steamer's. There are some electrics that could be built on steam chassis, but the Milwaukee didn't have any.
Correct. Hence my question. I never saw an Quill in person. The last ones were retired when I was in Grade school. The motor that always got to me, was the Bipolar. Maybe it was because I was just a boy, and they were so large to my youthful eyes. And could quietly sneak up on a person so quickly. That was before they were re-done into UP colors. Swoosh, and it was gone. Boxcab E50
I haven't checked the positioning of the wheels for the Quills (yes, that's the one I was thinking of) but the 2-C-1 wheel arrangement is the same as the 4-6-2 in steam nomenclature. Side rods are easy enough to take off and for the side frames, etc. you would likely have to photo-etch something. I haven't compared driver sizes, but from what I understood the Quill's drivers were pretty tall. I was considering this method for a PRR P5A but haven't really done much research on it yet. Randy
